I've been saying for many years that George W. Bush is a sleazy bastard and not to be trusted. And now the proof is here. The contents of iPod One, Dubya's personal music storage unit, were revealed and much discussed in the news recently.

Out of morbid curiosity, I scanned some of the articles.

One of the songs on the machine is The Knack's "My Sharona," a truly irritating ditty from my high school years. Spin magazine editor Dave Itzkoff had something to say about the inclusion of this song. Referring to one piece of the song's lyrics ("Such a dirty mind. Always get it up for the touch of the younger kind…"), he said, "This wouldn't be consistent with Bush's image as protector of conservative values."

I'm sorry, but does anyone out there really believe that Dubya actually knows any of the lyrics beyond "Muh-muh-muh-My Sharona"?

Other distasteful stuff includes Hall & Oates, and lots of country music. Probably not the Dixie Chicks, though, all things considered.

Now, let it not be said that he only likes crap. Joni Mitchell is in there. Van Morrison. John Fogerty. Eric Clapton. Huey Lewis.

But the truly revealing bit was put forth by Caitlin Moran of the London Times. His iPod apparently contains: "No black artists, no gay artists, no world music, only one woman, no genre less than 25 years old, and no Beatles."

Now, let's look at this.

"No black artists." That's just a damn shame. I was raised on Motown and can't imagine music without the likes of the Four Tops, Smokey Robinson, the Supremes, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, and too many more to even try to list. (Actually, another report did list a Stevie Wonder tune, so maybe Caitlin didn't see the whole list. Either way, black artists seem to be woefully under-represented. Or at least under-appreciated.)

"No gay artists." Now that's eradicating a big whopping section of classic music, too. Elton John, Melissa Etheridge, Queen (or one-quarter of Queen, anyway). And if we include those who swing both ways, we'd have a truly huge list.

"No world music." Not even Enya? Come on, George! Well, what do you expect, though? Listening to world music might actually cause an appreciation for other countries, and that makes it a trifle more difficult to bomb them.

"Only one woman." Joni Mitchell seems to have an effect on the pResident. Not to knock Joni at all, but geezie peeps, there are a lot of fantastic women in the music biz.

"No genre less than 25 years old." Well, honestly, that's probably not such a bad thing.

However…

"No Beatles."

Let me repeat that.

"No Beatles."

And therein is the proof I spoke of.

Never, ever, EVER trust a person who doesn't listen to the Beatles.