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if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Not A Muhammad, Either

by Lee

Way back on March 24 I blogged on a young Iraqi boy with the name Dick Cheney.  Well, you can now add George Bush to the baby name list.

It’s a fair bet this Baghdad baby won’t run into anybody else in Iraq with the same name.

His parents named their six-week-old son George Bush, to show their appreciation for U.S. efforts to get Saddam Hussein out of power.

If the couple had had twin boys—the other baby would have been named Tony Blair, because the father says both the U.S. and Britain liberated Iraq.

The boy’s mom tells Associated Press Television News that all Iraqis hated Saddam’s regime—and that President Bush saved the Iraqi people from Saddam.

As the woman did the interview, little George Bush screamed in his crib.

Now, do you remember how many stories the media carried in the wake of 9/11 about the number of Middle Easter babies being given the name Osama?  Let’s see if this baby gets the same media attention.  I’m not holding my breath.

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