Looking through the last few weeks’ news, I keep wondering two things.

One, why anyone believes a word out of the Bush administration’s mouths. Two: why his poll numbers continue to hover in the upper 40s. It’s obvious at this point that the Bush administration is guilty of most of the most egregious transgressions on American and international freedom. The two leaked memos – one from White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, the other to Rummy show a White House determined to prove its case against the “evildoers” at all cost.

Both memos, including Rummy’s now infamous “I stand eight hours a day, how is this torture?” memo specifically restate the Bush administration’s case – we say so, therefore it is so. It’s an unchecked power grab by the most powerful and it’s obfuscated by the amount of spin spun by the architects of the Iraq war.

The torture and the rape rooms did close down, but opened only a few weeks later under new management. It’s ironic to me that the new United States military uniforms are no longer issuing full-color flag insignia – they’re being issued under black and gray , the better to blend in with the uniforms and cease making viable targets for “enemies”.

Yet so far, what’s been accomplished by the torture of the Iraqi population? We’ve heard Rush Limbaugh (drug addict extraordinaire) saying he supported the torture chambers of the American troops. Well, that’s not a big surprise, nor was the Oklahoma senator’s exclamation that he was more upset by the backlash against the troops. This is not a fraternity prank, and it’s not limited to the seven soldiers who took photographs of it.

The Bush doctrine is, and always has been, about power and money – grabbing more and giving less. The war in Iraq was never fought for humanitarian reasons. It was fought because Bush wanted a war. He wanted to look confident. He wanted some distractions from his illegal campaign maneuvers. He wanted the American people to remain silent.

We don’t just need a special prosecutor for this case. We need the Bushies to be hauled up by the short and curlies and thrown to the wall. We need prosecution of Donald Rumsfeld in a criminal court. Bush should be held liable. Condi Rice should be sued. Yes, even Colin Powell. This administration is filled with corruption, and the seeds of it are most evident in Dick Cheney, Wolfowitz, Ashcroft, and their subordinates. There has never been a greater “Great Satan” in the western world than the ones currently controlling the most powerful nation.

The memos and the behavior should show anyone willing to pay a smidgen of attention a group of people who consider themselves and their actions as above the law. The president has to only declare wartime, and according to the Bushies, the rest of the nation should simply hand over the keys to the treasury and let them do as they please.

At a June 10 news conference, George W. Bush said he instructed US troops to adhere to the law, and "that ought to comfort you." But he refused to say whether he understood that the law bans torture. And he says he "can't remember" whether he read the memos that argue "the law" doesn't bind him as Commander in Chief. That's not the kind of memo you read and "can't remember." His Administration meanwhile has come up with yet another defense--blame it on the little guy; protect higher-ups. That one doesn't appear in the memos. Suffice to say, the buck doesn’t stop anywhere. It’s an administration with a clueless git at the head of it, yet somebody’s talking to Bush, even if he’s not listening.

This is a tyranny. It’s a despicable state of tyranny and there’s nothing else for it. Bush is a grade A bastion, no two ways about it. And frankly I don’t care how he’s removed from office any more. If he lies, cheats, or steals the election, he’s gotta go. He’s got to be out. He’s a traitor to the flag, and to those who serve it.

And somehow he wants four more years.

One of the worst things someone ever has to do is to tell someone they love dearly they can't stay where you live when they come visit. God that fucking sucks ass. Friendship should trump all other things, but...god, when you have to live with someone else 345 days out of the year, the needs out the house sometimes have to take precedence over what you want.

I feel like shit, but I also fucking HATE being put in this position.

And in other news, randomness is very cute.

On that note, I'm watching Looney Tunes now.