Dance wit' the one that brung ya

When you approval rating places you in the public esteem somewhere between colon surgery and Herpes, your administration just fessed up to a record-setting budget shortfall, a Democrat is tending your lawn in the eyes of the world, and even your speech writers have turned on you, there is but one way. Stick with what you're good at. In the case of our 43rd President, that means killing people.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush could have commuted the death sentence of Ronald A. Gray, a former Army cook convicted of multiple rapes and murders.

But Bush decided Monday that Gray's crimes were so repugnant that execution was the only just punishment.

That's right, folks. The brave cowboy who set the Texas record for state executions while governor is back at it. Only this time, he's not some hard-chargin' evidence-overlookin' guvnah'. No no, he's the C.I.C. who will go down as the first sitting president in 51 years to endorse the execution (as required by the Uniform Code of Military Justice) of an American soldier.

Irrespective of your stance on capital punishment, I believe the message here is clear:

Murder two American soldiers and you get the needle.

Murder 4,100+ and your get, well, a library and a bigger package.

Hooah!