Recently while going through an airport during one of his many trips,
President Bush encountered a man with matted hair, wearing a white robe and
sandals, and holding a staff.

President Bush went up to the man and said, "Aren't you Moses?"

The man never answered but just kept staring straight ahead. Again the
President said, "Moses!" in a loud voice. The man just kept staring ahead,
never answering the President.

Bush pulled a Secret Service agent aside and pointing to the robed man
asked him, "Doesn't that man look like Moses to you?" The Secret Service
agent agreed.

"Well," said the President, "every time I say his name he just keeps
staring straight ahead and refuses to speak. Watch!" Again the President
yelled, "Moses!" and again the man stared ahead and didn't answer.

The Secret Service agent went up to the man in the white robe and quietly
whispered, "You look just like Moses. Are you Moses?"

The man leaned over and whispered back "Yes, I am Moses. However, the last
time I talked to a bush, I spent 40 years wandering in the desert and
ended up leading my people to the only spot in the entire Middle East where
there is no oil."