He learned it at his momma's knee.

Nature vs. Nurture. It's a constant debate. Do kids go wrong because they had bad parents or are some people just born wrongheaded? Can a person's actions later in life be traced back solely to their parents?

Well, nurture just got a shot in the arm today.

Mammy Bush provides well for little Niel...because, as she said, everyone else actually improved their lot in Katrina.

While I approve of the Bush Oil Barrens wanting to "do something specifically for education", particularly since "No Child Left Behind" has been such an abysmal failure, to give money with the proviso that it specifically be used to buy software from BushChild Niel's company seems a bit...what's the word I'm looking for here...cronyish? I mean, not to call a Halliburton here, but c'mon.

Now, I'm sure everyone will counter with, "Maybe Ignite is the best educational software marketer out there and you're just being a crazy raving liberal who hates God, America and our troops by suggesting that Mammy Bush did wrong!" I have to admit, I don't know. Well, I don't know about the successfulness of Ignite's product.

What I do know is that Neil Bush, just like George W., has a long track record of spectacularly destroying businesses he comes into contact with. Not too mention the marriages. He also is completely used to having huge sums of money handed to him for no other real reason than his Daddy was President and now his brother is President. Let's not forget the great fun that was the Silverado Savings and Loan. $1 billion in taxpayer dollars gone and who had his hand in the pie?

So, no, I can't conclusively say that Ignite isn't the best educational software company on the market today and that Mammy Bush's desire to see her "generous" "donation" go directly into her son's pocket wasn't simply good business sense for the children and schools affected by Hurricane Katrina. It's completely possible that Neil has finally turned a corner, stopped having sex with asian women who just mysteriously show up at his hotel room door and throw their vaginas at him, ended his shady business dealings that cost both investors and taxpayers billions of dollars and become a model business man.

I mean, Roger Clinton got his...wait, bad example.

Billy Carter cleaned up his...er, no he didn't.

Well, there's always Donald Nixon who...was a complete and utter embaressment.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that there's a first time for everything.

This, probably, isn't it.