This has been posted before, I think, and it also gets posted from time to time on "furry" newsgroups. (A furry is a fan of anthromorphic animal cartoons. I am one...Typical furry newsgroup post title: "Unicorns Against Bush". I followed up with "Raccoons For Bush". Whenever this story pops up on a furry newsgroup, the comparisons of conservatives and Republicans to Nazis often follows, at which point I remind them that Nazi is short for National SOCIALIST, actually.
German word for raccoon is "waschbar" which I think literally means "washing bear" (washes food)
