Bush's Thingy is Popping Up From its Hole

Just when it seemed like W. Bush's reign of terror had been reigned in -- he found a way to continue influencing America for the worse. It's like those games at the video arcade, where you have to hit the thingy that pops up with a hammer, and as soon as you do, another one pops up from another hole, and you hit that one, and up comes another from yet another hole.

In this case, the thingy popping up from the hole is the disgust-inducing Supreme Court and its string of 5-4 decisions this week. They have in a very short time managed to make inroads toward abolishing the following:

• Free speech
• Integration
• Separation of church and state
• Campaign finance reform
• Rights of the individual over those of the corporation (see Free Speech and Campaign finance reform links)
• Antitrust

There's more, no doubt. I've compiled this list as a mere casual reader of the newspaper.

This feels unprecedented. It feels like a watershed moment for the right. It could mean that the Supreme Court is even worse than George W. Bush, because the Court won't be forced out after eight years. In fact, it doesn't really have to answer to anyone from here on out. It cannot be punished by the People.

I want to punch John Roberts in the face every time I see his picture.