And with impunity.

Not content to hold American citizens indefinitely without filing charges, spy on American telephone calls, and in general act like king, President Bush has decided it’s his right to open our mail. Despite that being a blatant violation of federal law. Cue the signing statement…

The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal reform bill into law on Dec. 20. Bush then issued a “signing statement” that declared his right to open people’s mail under emergency conditions.

That claim is contrary to existing law and contradicted the bill he had just signed, say experts who have reviewed it.

The problem is Bush Doesn’t Care. He doesn’t believe in the Law. He only believes in his divine right as a President Bush to do whatever he wants.

Let’s hope the new 110th Congress starts to do something about this lawless administration.

From the Associate Press

President Bush worked nearly three hours at his Texas ranch on Thursday to design a new U.S. policy in Iraq, then emerged to say that he and his advisers need more time to craft the plan he’ll announce in the new year.

He then took a nap. It’s hard work being president.

“Some reports are issued and just gather dust. And truth of the matter is, a lot of reports in Washington are never read by anybody. To show you how important this one is, I read it.”

-President George W. Bush

Spoken like a true idiot, George.

I just read this on Political Wire. Douglas Brinkley is dead on.

Historian Douglas Brinkley, writing in the Washington Post, looks at President Bush’s place in history:

“Though Bush may be viewed as a laughingstock, he won’t have the zero-integrity factors that have kept Nixon and Harding at the bottom in the presidential sweepstakes. Oddly, the president whom Bush most reminds me of is Herbert Hoover, whose name is synonymous with failure to respond to the Great Depression. When the stock market collapsed, Hoover, for ideological reasons, did too little. When 9/11 happened, Bush did too much, attacking the wrong country at the wrong time for the wrong reasons. He has joined Hoover as a case study on how not to be president.”