Glory Days  
Richard Nixon’s death-grip on the American political imagination has brought us opera, theatre, film and books beyond measure, but somehow the era’s creepiness never fades.
Now the impresarios of nixontapes.org, your go-to guys for hours of he-man presidential chatter, offer up the image of Watergate criminals whiling away their golden years listening to their younger selves plotting crimes with the Chief Executive.
The nixontape-ists are trying to corral the remaints of the Nixon era into its schemes by making them special mix tapes of their White House recordings.
At last, Brookings Bomber wannabe Chuck Colson can review his glory days before Jesus, in the comfort of home, office or car.
Dare, Double Dare Ya! 
The Bush Administration looks headed for a clean getaway, with a final bit of brazenness to top off their many scams.
It now appears Bush will deny us even the pleasure of outrage against his much anticipated torture ‘n wiretapping pardons. Â He’ll leave town and essentially dare the Democrats to pursue him.
The Wall Street Journal says the Bushies are inclined to brazen it out, and besides
“Some former Bush administration officials have argued against a blanket pardon for post-9/11 activities, saying it would be tantamount to an admission that the Bush policies weren’t legal.“
We’ve already heard from the President Elect that he’s inclined to let sleeping rocks lie, and his illustrious Democratic predecessor has hosted one of the legal architects of torture at his library in Little Rock, so it looks like a safe bet.
Enjoy Getting Things Done!
Sheriff Don’t Like It 
The Associated Press speaks with the Chicago wiseguys around Barack Obama, and has learned there’s no need for a late Bush Era pardon watch.
There’s a new sheriff in town, and he’s giving Torturers Against Terrorism a pass.
Hope still lives in the lands across the seas, where wiley miscreants have mounted numerous so far failed efforts to snag Donald Rumsfeld.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy told AP that it’s Europe or bust. “In the United States, no.”
