Here's a better list of amusements

U.S. Rep. Pete Stark had it all wrong when he said that George Bush got his amusement by sending kids to Iraq to get their heads blown off.

Bush gets his amusement by bluffing a spineless Senate with threats to get more money to fund his worthless war and watching them cave in when they give him what he wants.

Bush gets his amusement by watching sick kids suffer because they can't get the health care they deserve because he feels the plan would cost too much to the government, and he might lose one day of funding the war in Iraq.

Bush gets his amusement by watching the heart break of the people in California as they watch helpless as their home and possessions burn up in the Santa Ana wind fires because there is not enough man power because the National Guard is in Iraq fighting his war that is making him and Cheney and their buddies rich.

And lastly, Bush gets his amusement by watching the elderly and poor people freeze in their houses because they have to keep their heat down to a bare minimum because of his cuts in energy assistance so they have to do without food and medicine so they can pay their heating bills. But it is important to keep our ruler amused, just think what might happen if he got mad.

Merrill Urbane

Lake Zurich