Things are not going my way politically

1. Cheney really is a Dick. All previous Presidents and Vice-Presidents make their notes, etc. available to the National Archives. Some of the information is marked "Classified", etc. and is not available to the public, but it is all archived. Cheney won't turn over his data -- says he doesn't have to and is claiming he's not part of the Executive branch but rather in the Legislative branch cause he's the President of the Senate (or whatever they call the tiebreaker there). He is in the Executive branch when he doesn't want to testify to Congress. Then, he claims Executive Privilege. Oh yeah, almost forget - he tried to shut down the department who maintains the archives cause they wanted this information from him.

Also, he also keeps "man sized Mozler safes" in his office, according to the Washington Post. He's just a bad man.

For a refreshing perspective on Dick, see Maureen Dowd's piece "A Vice President Without Borders, Bordering on Lunacy" that starts off by saying "It’s hard to imagine how Dick Cheney could get more dastardly, unless J. K. Rowling has him knock off Harry Potter next month."

2. The Supreme Court recently decided several cases - 5 to 4. Same 5 guys voting for the conservative decisions every time. Does not bode well for any consititutional cases that might come their way if, for example, someone charged that the Executive branch was not honoring the constitution...

3. Speaking of which, President Bush will not allow Harriet Miers and others to testify in front of the Senate about the firings of prosecutors (which were obviously political). By the way, it's not illegal to fire prosecutors for political gain. Lying about it under oath is illegal. Remember when Congress held impeachment hearings against Clinton? That wasn't because he got a blow job. It was because he lied under oath about it.

So, the shrub won't turn over papers or let folks testify even though they've been subpoenaed. According to the NY Times, the stalemate could end up with House and Senate contempt citations and a battle in federal court over separation of powers.The stalemate could end up with House and Senate contempt citations and a battle in federal court over separation of powers.

Hmmmm....the Federal Court is filled with political appointees. Folks that were referred to as "Good Americans" and "Loyal Bushies"in emails. I wonder how that will turn out?

And if it ends up in the Supreme Court, I am going to make the dramatic and outrageous prediction that it will be decided in Bush's favor.... 5-4.

How many days until 1/20/09? Ahhh....