Boo waxes eloquently about some cabinet shuffling going on at the White House, and all I can say is that I really don't have an opinion or theory, because as has been the case so often in the last six years, it's clear we don't have "all the information" necessary to make a sound conclusion. Except this: historically, moving high level staff around in the manner of Bush these last few years is a sign of chaos, confusion, rudderlessness and lack of direction. I read a book about Nixon's last days some time ago, and this story reminded me a bit of that, as well as of Hitler's last days, in which he would scream at his generals and move invisible armies around the map, demanding that everyone in his cabinet follow through on his plans for "victory."

I was pissed off last night, having been reminded by my Betters in the Democratic establishment that I am of the Little People, and thus have no say in the decision making process. Which is fine, I guess, I've never really sought power. But I sincerely wish our Betters would occasionally recall, we Little People, in addition to caring about things like equality, the Rule of Law, sound fiscal policy, etc, because we have to, are very often right about the "big problems," as they used to call that program at one of my alma maters. Read more…

I think it starts with an "F." I'm sure duct tape manufacturers will be included:

By Dawn Kopecki
President George W. Bush has bestowed on his intelligence czar, John Negroponte, broad authority, in the name of national security, to excuse publicly traded companies from their usual accounting and securities-disclosure obligations. Notice of the development came in a brief entry in the Federal Register, dated May 5, 2006, that was opaque to the untrained eye. Read more…