Another Turd In The Punchbowl, or "All Your Laws Are Belong To Us"

We're going to start by assuming that Americans are not too stupid to figure out when and how they are being abused by their leaders. I know, but bear with me. We're going to continue by stipulating that the failure of the American people to overthrow their current government stems from their ignorance of the seriousness of the situation. We're blaming the delinquency of the press for that. By way of remedy, right here and now, we at the Fiery Sword are going to try to put President Bush's statement on Monday in a format that the proud and sturdy yeoman farmers of de Tocqueville's journals can understand and digest:

Oh noes! I'm in ur x-ecootiv, bailin' out ur felonz!

There. It's done. I can hear the torches lighting now, the sharpening of the pitchforks. Like Paul Revere before me, I have alerted the citizenry. Remember, when casting your bronze plaques, to spell my name correctly.

Ask Mister Legal Person

Perhaps you've heard this latest bit of farce oozing out from the Scooter Libby defense. Here's the gist of the argument:

"It appears to be undisputed that there is no day-to-day supervision of Special Counsel Fitzgerald by anyone, and no way short of removal even to assure that he complies with the policies of the Department of Justice or the Executive Branch..."

I can parry this ham-fisted thrust in one sentence: The Executive Branch and its attendant Department of Justice have demonstrated quite clearly, through the juxtaposition of the actions and words of the former and the sworn testimony of the latter, that their policies are unknown even to them, therefore rendering the compliance that forms the central concern of the 12 Distempered Men who filed the unbidden amicus curiae in question to be an unverifiable criterion, of interest only to fantasists.

Shazzam. Judge Walton, a smartass after my own heart, will likely be paraphrasing me presently.