Hail, Caesar!

Every day I am more impressed by the analogy of what's going on in Washington to the Roman Senate making Caesar the emperor.

Yesterday Attorney General Alberto "September 12" Gonzales testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee and explained that the President forbade the Justice Department to investigate warrantless wire tapping, and that was just fine by him.

Not that it matters much. Committee chairman Arlen Specter has drafted a "compromise" piece of legislation that essentially gives the Bushies the power to do anything they want. (The ACLU is sponsoring a letter-to-the-editor campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of this proposed law.)

Reason's look at Specter, who is obviously more talk than anything else.