Today, President Bush officially pardoned the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Marshmallow. The pardon was also extended to an alternate turkey, Yam.
Given the increased Beltway obsession with growth hormones and performance enhancing supplements in the context of professional athletics, one wonders: are Marshmallow and Yam “drug free?” Or have they been raised with hormones and supplements?
Perhaps they should be tested and have their pardon revoked if they are not. After all, if they’re clean they have nothing to hide… One would think that free range birds should get first priority.
Do our avian friends have Fourth Amendment rights, and are those rights greater than those retained by high school students (who are increasingly being asked to provide urine samples under random student drug testing)? If that question can be answered in the affirmative, that is something NOT to be thankful for.
Posted Nikos Leverenz.
