Brain Blenders: My Pet Goat

Apparently if you call the White House and ask for "My/The Pet Goat" they don't put you on hold and go get it. They get a little upset about it.

It's a reference to...W. reading this story to children on September 11th 2001 when the Towers where attacked. Apparently he kept reading the story for another 7 minutes before he left. Now, honestly I don't know what else you should do in a situation like that. I certainly don't pretend that I would react with any more poise than the man elected to run this pile of bitchers and moaners, but in the spirit of arm-chair quarterbacks everywhere here are the "reviews of the book" from Amazon.com as if written by George Bush, before Amazon.com began deleting them with tenacity. (for the irony impaired - this is a joke, albeit a lame one, but a great example of how consumers use any means necessary to translate a point - especially when it's political)

"The Pet Goat" appears on page 153 of

Reading Mastery II, Storybook 1,
by Siegfried Engelmann and Elaine Bruner
ISBN 0574101284
Publisher SRA/MacMillan/Mcgraw Hill

Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln

Dearest Mary,

When news was first brought to me of the carnage at Cold Harbor, the horror of it left me chilled to the very marrow. I remember sitting, as though dumbfounded, for as long as seven minutes, beseeching the Almighty for strength, if not forgiveness. Also, to pass the time, I read a rollicking little yarn about a child's pet goat! Such a mischievous little creature! Oh well, that's all for now!

-Abe