What's the first thing I see when I open the USA/World page of the Japan Times today? President Bush being questioned about the legality of stock sales he made in the past, and whether or not he made use of priviledged information to turn a profit.

Happy fucking birthday, America.

Sure, it was before he was president. He was only the Governor of Texas at the time. And this was well before he publicly decried the questionable ethics of people at companies like Enron, WorldCom, Merryll Lynch and Arthur Andersen.

At least it wasn't another story about Bush's colon causing a temporary change in policy. It's good that his colon has been polyp-free for two years now. I'm not ready to wish colon cancer on him, or anyone else just yet.


But I don't want to hear any more about Bush's ass for quite some time.