We've all been expecting it, and sources say that it has, in fact, already happened. This represents only the latest in a string of egregious excesses on the part of King George II, the Unitary Executive.
Many of us thought he would wait until the end of his term in office, but with the possibility of impeachment looming larger with each passing day, it seems the President has decidered to act now.
I think I may be sick.
Who's really the "fall guy"? And WHAT - in truth - was actually overturned?
Sub folda.
UPDATE: This was never intended to hit the reclist, and frankly, I'm shocked that it did. I did this in between songs while I was on the air.
I find it interesting that the negging on me didn't start until it did hit the reclist. I guess for some people, fun is a bad thing.
At the moment, I'm still at work. It's 6:34 pm eastern, I've been off for 34 minutes. But once the negativity corps started pouring in, I figured I'd best stay around and watch this diary for a while. We just moved, and I have no Internet at home until Monday.
Most of the people complaining about this I'm not familiar with, and I spend a lot of time on this blog. I am particularly disappointed in one person, I didn't see him that way until now. After all the trollrating I've been doing the last couple days in Ann Coulter diaries, and the huge amount of bad feelings that have resulted, I figured we could all use a laugh. I neglected to consider there will always be a few who don't want to. My bad, I guess.
We all remember this dark day:
when an ill-conceived mechanical contrivance suddenly appeared to acquire a mind of its own, an independent volition unheard of in a manmade construction, and threw the President of the United States to the pavement in a clear and conscious effort to injure - or worse - our nation's Chief Executive.
Over the weekend, while on vacation, Bush looked like Chevy Chase doing a Gerald Ford imitation as he stepped onto the platform of a Segway personal transportation scooter and went flying right off.
The first U.S. president to try a Segway supposedly forgot to turn it on, so the gyroscopic stabilizers couldn't automatically balance him.
But maybe Bush wanted to fall. Maybe he understands in a way few do that society is on the verge of a debate that could mold the future of transportation, much like the debate 100 years ago when cars first suggested that horses weren't the only way to travel.
And if the future veers toward little two-wheeled electric-powered personal transporters, where does that leave ExxonMobil and Halliburton and the rest of the oil industry President Bush adores? Probably in the same sad league as the old Pennsylvania coal-mining companies, with Houston as the next Wilkes-Barre.
Bush, he rode.
Bush, he fell.
Off the Segway,
And straight to Hell.
The devil said, "No,
I don't want you here.
Saddam's on his way
The two of you is my fear."
Back on Earth,
Bush is bored.
Again to New Orleans,
Whiskey is poured.
Bush, he rode.
Bush, he fell.
Off the Segway,
And straight to Hell.
The devil said, "No,
I've got no room.
Go back to Earth,
A fetus in a womb."
Bush is reborn,
No Yale legacy, this turn.
His punishment now realized,
In Hell, he'd rather burn.
What is not generally known is that the extraordinary rendition was immediate. The Segway, a civilian machine made in America, was immediately transported to a military detention facility and held there without trial, charges, or access to counsel. Confidential military sources say a waterboarding was attempted, but the thing kept rolling off.
My source in the White House tells me: "When signing the pardon, Bush was heard to say, 'Why SHOULDN'T I sign a pardon? It's just anothe rgoddamned piece of paper.'"
Here, then, is the unredacted text of the pardon, obtained by my unnamed source, who I shall refer to as, "Deep Blue":
"Now, therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from July (January) 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974."
Whoops, sorry. Wrong pardon.
"Now, therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto one Segway Scooter for all offenses against the United States which said Scooter has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from June 7th, 2003 through June 8, 2003."
The implications are chilling. By granting a pardon for an act of violence cravenly committed against a sitting President, Bush has clearly given tacit permission for acts of violence against his successor, who will certainly be a Democrat.
Consider the moral example set for the young people of our nation.
The children.
Dear God, won't SOMEBODY think of the CHILDREN?
The proper response to this travesty is clear. This is just another straw on the camel's back. When, oh when, will it BREAK?