Death March Continues

While the nation still reels over the shock of the massively incompetent response to the disaster that was Hurricane Katrina, don’t make the mistake of thinking that the BushCo political machine has missed a step in its inexorable march toward the dictatorship of ultra-radical Republicans and their deconstruction of the federal government and civil rights.

Judge John Roberts is nominated to fill the vacant post of Chief Justice upon Justice Rehnquist’s death.

A new tax bill eliminating the so-called “Death Tax” (really an estate tax relieving the über-rich of their fair tax share) is about to be slipped under the radar by Trent Lott.

Karl Rove is back on the spin, Swift boating the mayor of New Orleans, Gov. Kathleen Blanco of Louisiana, the “liberal media” and anybody else they can think of to blame for the Katrina disaster relief mess except the present administration.

ExxonMobile is forecast to achieve their ambition of exploring and drilling in the Alaskan Artic Wildlife Refuge.

And while Dick Cheney may not be dead, he sure is missing in action.