Little girl, that painting hurt my feelings

Last week a 14 year old aspiring activist artist was interrogated by two U.S. Secret Service agents.

At age 13, young Julia Wilson made a painting of George Bush. It had a photograph of him, a red circle over his face, a few scattered bullet holes drawn, a bloody knife in Bush's hand, and the words "Kill Bush."  Julia  posted the image on MySpace.

Uh oh.

The government somehow had time to find it. Secret Service agents felt the painting was extremely threatening to the life of the President of the United States. Agents interrupted Julia, now 14, at school after visiting her confused mother at home, telling her that since the art included the words, "Kill Bush," and since it was accessible to anyone on the Internet, there was a very strong likelihood that someone-possibly a terrorist from a foreign country-might see the image and be inspired to act upon it.

I'm sure the school visit and interrogation helped scare the Elmer's glue, crayons and 1st Amendment rights out of the school children's fingertips, but Julia is now more determined than ever to organize a student anti-war group, and she is convinced that George W. Bush is the worst president ever.

Note to agents: I didn't say that... really... I'm just quoting the full article.