President Bush Pardons Three Turkeys:
Populist US President George W. Bush tried to out-do his predecessors by pardoning two 15 kilo (33 pound) turkeys on Thanksgiving Day, to spend the rest of their natural life at Disneyland. Unfortunately, the president's dog bit one of the turkeys so badly that it died from the wounds. The other turkey insisted that it would prefer to be killed immediately, or to spend the rest of its life in Guantanamo Bay, to being sent to Disneyland. So in the end, President Bush pardoned the country of Turkey, most likely in exchange for providing the US with military bases. A male spokesperson for the Turkish government indicated to the Swedish World News that Turkey would much rather join the European Union than Disneyland.
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