Political Cortex: Brain Food for the Body Politic

It's on a Wednesday—a little unusual, granted. The New York Times even has an article about it. But what makes this 4th of July unique—infamous in fact—is that it is the first and only 4th of July to be celebrated just days after the President of the United States (and I use that term loosely) commuted his buddy Scooter Libby's sentence from 30 months in jail to just a fine and probation. The punishment was "excessive," in the opinion of Bush '43.

How far we have come from the day President Bush declared that anyone in his administration found to have whispered Valerie Plame's name and profession to the press would be held accountable! Bush, once again, has lied in plain sight. His word means nothing, nothing at all, except to his corporate pals. They can count on him, one-hundred percent.

We citizens, on the other hand, can only count on his consistently unethical behavior, his blatant practice of cronyism and his favoring self-interest over any public good. He is where he is today, in The People's White House, through the support and backing of his only true constituency, the transnational corporate states. Whether it be the war in Iraq or the devastation of New Orleans, they can count on him to tilt the game in their favor. Every economic blow to an American citizen has become a benefit to his fat cat friends.

This is truly a low point in America's history.