Breaking News: White House cat dies

Hate to interrupt the fact that we're in an economic crisis, celebrity kids are dying, and honorable people dying trying to do their jobs, but we bring you this important update.

The White House cat, India, has passed on to kittie heaven. 

The Bush family released this statement on the White House's official website:

The President, Mrs. Bush, Barbara, and Jenna are deeply saddened by the passing of their cat India ("Willie"). The 18 year-old female black American Shorthair died Sunday, January 4, 2009 at home at the White House.

When Barbara was nine years old, she named India after the former Texas Ranger baseball player, Ruben Sierra, who was called "El Indio." When Barbara and Jenna moved away to college, India, affectionately called "Kitty" by the family, stayed at the White House with the President and Mrs. Bush.

Isn't it time for these guys to vacate already?  Go back to Texas, sheesh.  I can't believe that they wasted the bandwith to post that.  Our country is on the verge of bankruptcy, but it's all well and good because Georgie Boy's cat died, so he got to take the last eight years off?

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