Each blank can be filled in (phonetically) with the name of a world capital to complete the sentence. (The blank in the title can be filled in with the word CAPITAL in the same way.) Here are the completed sentences and the corresponding capitals:

Did you cart a load of bricks here just to stand and stare, or are you going to help me build the gazebo? (Jakarta, Indonesia)

After his death, his Cadillac was buried in its very own car tomb next to his sarcophagus in the family cemetery. (Khartoum, Sudan)

Triply blessed are those who are content with their lot, fulfilled in their work, and loving to their family. (Tripoli, Libya)

Though conservative commentators try to hassle Franken, Al jeers at their attempts and gets free publicity from it. (Algiers, Algeria)

The financial mismanagement under the Wizard's regime brought Oz low in the esteem of neighboring nations. (Oslo, Norway)

I shouted, as the sun rose, "Oh, how bright it is!" (Roseau, Dominica)

The coming of the Civil War saw brother turn against brother. (Warsaw, Poland)

Give the book a rest and come and watch TV like a normal person. (Bucharest, Romania)

The eagle flew away with the chain hooked over one talon. (Tallinn, Estonia)

Next, Florence Jenkins came onstage to sing a poor rendition of a song by Brahms. (Singapore, Singapore)

As Mara Wilson said in the movie Matilda, no more miss nice girl! (Asmara, Eritrea)

The little plush hamster damn near jumped off the stuffed-animal shelf when he realized that Cindy had a new favorite toy capybara. (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

We heaved the anchor aboard and set sail. (Ankara, Turkey)

Mom took the bag Dad was carrying so he could get up the stairs more easily. (Baghdad, Iraq)

Batwoman has broken into the Museum of Art! What will Catman do? (Kathmandu, Nepal)

St. George's dragon, in many depictions of the event, looks no bigger than a crocodile, and he stabs it from on horseback. (St. George's, Grenada)

Goodbye, April, and hello, May. (Lomé, Togo)

I'm pleased to announce that the United Steam and Widget corporation will be doubling its output of widgets as of December 2007. (Dublin, Ireland)

The acrobats seemed to fly from platform to platform with the greatest of ease. (Accra, Ghana)

You win the key to every door in the dungeon when you defeat the two-headed lizard-dragon on the second-to-last level. (Quito, Ecuador)

The moss cow can graze on peat meadows that ordinary grass-eating cattle cannot live on. (Moscow, Russia)

To improve efficiency, management has decided to tie pay to performance. (Taipei, Taiwan)

For the cash-strapped homemaker, we recommend a cheap and easy way to create a tasty hors d'oeuvre using only Vienna sausages and toothpicks. (Vienna, Austria)

I haven't tried the pastrami at the new deli on 14th Street yet. (New Delhi, India)

The first three decades of the U.S. Presidency went from Washington to Monroe via Adams, Jefferson, and Madison. (Monrovia, Liberia)

If you take the second left after you cross the bridge, Town Hall will be on your right. (Bridgetown, Barbados)

The tomb was marked with the chi-rho insignia of the Emperor Constantine's standard. (Cairo, Egypt)

The effectiveness of St. John's wort in treating depression is a matter of some dispute. (St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda)

On your tax return you ought to account for all your business expenditures last year. (Ottawa, Canada)

Some investment in harbor beautification made Southampton a port a prince might be proud to sail out of. (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)

Reading down the first letters of the names of the countries gives you ISLAND PRESENTING TIGERTAIL BEACH. The name of that island is MARCO.