By now we've all heard the "kill my dad" line. Well, your highness, now your own father is saying publically that you're acting too hastily.

George Bush, Sr., may have been an ineffective president domestically -- he tried to combat the problems Reaganomics introduced with more Reaganomics, not to mention his dirty hands from that whole Iran/Contra thing -- but he was a damn good diplomat. Even if the first Gulf War was about protecting oil interests, Iraq did attack Kuwait (provocation is debatable), and Kuwait never hurt anybody. Bush Sr. was able to get a whole heckuva lot of countries together to force Saddam back into Iraq and plunge their country into even more poverty. Means 1, results 0.

Unfortunately, now that his son is the President, Daddy can't give his son a time out or call in a favor from a judge. Junior gonna go screw up the balances of power in the economy and our society for financial gain. Sad.

On another note, if you're going door to door collecting donations for a human rights campaign, even if it is a noble cause, it's probably not in your best interest to say to a total stranger within 5 minutes of the conversation, "Sorry, some guys down the street had a one-hitter and I'm totally stoned right now."