None dare call it class warfare

...when the rich and powerful seize more and more control over our country. Witness President Bush's statement on Judge Alito this morning:

Sam's got the intellect necessary to bring a lot of class to that Court. He's got a judicial temperament necessary to make sure that the Court is a body that interprets the law and doesn't try to write the law.

Mr. Alito will 'bring a lot of class to that Court.' That must mean that Alito's court will give extreme deference to the imperial presidency Mr. Bush is creating. At a recent bill signing, Mr. Bush told us that he will not observe the anti-torture provisions of the law that he was signing. Apparently Congress and the courts do not write law during the reign of Bush--the President does.

Mr. Bush does not intend to follow the oath of office of the President of the United States:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.

This anecdote more accurately reflects our imperial President's attitude toward the US Constitution:

"I don't give a goddamn" Bush retorted. "I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way."
"Mr. President," one aide in the meeting said. "There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution."
"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face," Bush screamed back. "It's just a goddamned piece of paper!"

Grounds for impeachment?

God our security,
who alone can defend us
against the principalities and powers
that rule this present age;
may we trust in no weapons
except the whole armor of faith,
that in dying we may live,
and, having nothing, we may own the world,
through Jesus Christ. AMEN
--Janet Morley, All desires known, 1988