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Hope Lives   

So far the Yorba Linda fires appear to be west of the Nixon Birthplace, Grave, Wedding Chapel and Museum, but watch the skies! 

Excitable locals are monitoring the situation.

Got It Covered  

Fantasies of George W.Bush finally answering the numerous suits, inquiries and subpoenas pending against his administration after he leaves office received a cold shower Thursday from the New York Times, which reports a crackpot Harry Truman legal theory may have empowered presidents to tell Congress, the courts and polite society generally to screw off.

Comic Genius   

Mr Plain Speaking was freshly out of power and interested in dodging congressional subpoenas, so his lawyers cooked up a theory giving presidents executive privilege even when no longer executiving.  Edward M. Cramer was a junior attorney on the scheme, and told the Times  “I think, legally, we were wrong.”

This Truman Doctrine returned in the 70s when Richard Nixon cited it as precedent to not answer questions about Watergate.

“Mr. Cramer recalled, “Nixon used it, and we said ‘Oh, Jesus, what have we done?’ ”

We can only imagine how far Bush will run with this notion. He has already played with the law on Presidential Archives, issuing an executive order which may delay document release into perpetuity.  Bush invented new rights for ex-presidents and their heirs to mess with the release of presidential papers, potentially giving crack head  Noelle Bush or legendary whore-hound Neil Bush say in the release of their father’s, uncle’s, grandfather’s or brother’s history.
Gettin’ ‘Er Done, Hope-Style!  

Democrat’s appetite for the truth may fade with time. Barack Obama has already invited the opposition to whine about any under-rock peering, saying:

“I would not want my first term consumed by what was perceived on the part of Republicans as a partisan witch hunt, because I think we’ve got too many problems we’ve got to solve.”

Our best hopes for justice, or at least messing with, may lie abroad.
No Time Like The Present! 

George Bush famously barely traveled overseas, but others in his Administration traveled widely. Everything may change after January,  when mischievous foreign prosecutors may launch investigations and indictments of war crimes accusations against Bush and armies of lesser administration figures.

We’ve all enjoyed the spectacle of Henry Kissinger dodging investigators looking into his Chilean adventures.

Imagine the fun to be had next time Donald Rumsfeld visits the chocolate makers!

Nowhere to Go But    

As he shows Barack Obama around to measure the White House drapes,    George W. Bush can take quiet pride knowing that he has secured another presidential first, surpassing Richard Nixon in the American people’s dislike.

Seventy-six percent disapprove of Bush’s performance, compared with sixty-Six percent for Nixon as he boarded the last chopper ride.

All Bush needs now is for a magnanimous President Obama to pardon him, and the healing will begin!

 

‘the greatness comes and you are really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes, because only if you have been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.’

Spot The Uninvited Guest!

   The Nixon Legacy lives on, in the form of the desperate schemes his presidential library was forced to undertake before they collapsed into the arms of the National Archives.

Now the Archives runs a lot of the place, but the Nixon Library & Birthplace Foundation still controls some of the buildings and grounds.

The centerpiece of their tiny realm is a “recreation” of the White House East Room,     if the East Room had monster skylights.

In the words of Nixon daughter Julie Eisenhower, “It’s more beautiful than I expected“.

Wedding guests do the usual classy wedding things…

Plaster the bride with bills

Wear unfortunate shoes 

Pose with available machinery

Bring mystery guests to the table

  & pose by the Nixon grave!

“I can remember Richard Nixon, you know, his years of service, what he’s done, and everybody were ridiculing him and he ended up being the greatest president in the history of our century.”

The Anchorage Daily News rounds up local Alaska pols for reaction to Senator Ted Stevens’ conviction, and fellow investigatee Representative Don Young did not disappoint.