For a few days I'd been searching for the New York Times article that described the youth of George W. Bush as including sticking firecrackers in frogs and blowing them up. I thought perhaps it was an urban legend. I've found it. The relevant portion:

In addition to church groups, various civic organizations were also active, and one of the local rituals for children was the meetings with cookies and milk at the home of a nice old lady who represented the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

The cookies were digested more thoroughly than the teachings.

''We were terrible to animals,'' recalled Mr. Throckmorton, laughing. A dip behind the Bush home turned into a small lake after a good rain, and thousands of frogs would come out.

''Everybody would get BB guns and shoot them,'' Mr. Throckmorton said. ''Or we'd put firecrackers in the frogs and throw them and blow them up.''

So...the question is, how is this different from the bastards who injured puppies in Oklahoma with firecrackers?

More importantly, is this a sign that our President is cruel himself? Perhaps even unbalanced? The signs are disturbing:

* During an interview with Talk Magazine, Bush mocks the reported plea of a woman on death row: "Please" Bush whimpers, "don't kill me."

* Bush is seen pumping his fist and saying "feels good" shortly before going on national television to announce the start of the war against Iraq.

* According to White House aides, Bush will go from quoting Bible verses to spewing obscenities at various "enemies of state" in a matter of minutes.

July 03, 2004 in Politics | Permalink

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