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Remember how President Bush said he couldn't allow Americans to buy prescription drugs from Canada because he couldn't guarantee their safety? How he pretended that this pork to the pharmaceutical industry was really an anti-terrorism measure?

So do we. But hey, look:

U.S. to stop inspecting tobacco
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By Nancy Zuckerbrod

Oct. 17, 2004 | WASHINGTON -- Legislation just passed by Congress abolishes the requirement that the government inspect imported tobacco to ensure it is not laced with chemicals and pesticides banned in the United States but permitted elsewhere.

The tobacco plan is part of a major corporate tax bill that is awaiting President Bush's signature.

Now to some this may seem inconsistent, but to us it highlights the one sure consistency of George W. Bush's political philosophy:

Which is: whatever corporate campaign donors want, corporate campaign donors get.