The Cowardly Lion trapped in his lair

Oh boy! Excitement! A grieving war mother has marched on Crawford,Texas, where our phony president is enjoying his unprecedented five week vacation while his "war" is waging in Iraq and his administration is about to come apart. Cindy Sheehan is camped out near the president's ranch and is demanding a face-to-face meeting with the chimp so he can explain to her what a "noble cause" is. So far he has refused to come out to discuss it. Indeed, according to the DailyKos, she has been told she will be arrested on thursday as a threat to national security if she doesn't give up(I don't know if this is really true or not). Assuming that it might be true, try to imagine having a grieving war mother camped out in a ditch with a few supporters arrested as a threat to national security. A public nuisance perhaps? Disturbing the peace? Illegal camping? Failing to obey the Sheriff's absurd demands? But a threat to national security? Come on, give us a break. If Bush gets away with something like this you can be certain fascism is in complete control.

This will be all the more interesting in that people are traveling to Crawford from everywhere to support her and donating money liberally. Indeed, web sites are so busy at the moment you can't even get on to donate. This might turn out to be even bigger than the huge march on the White House scheduled for September 24th. It might even be the spark that sets off the coming civil war.

What I don't understand is why Bush doesn't buckle on his six guns and swagger out to defend the country from this threat to our national security. It's high noon, the enemy is right out there, it's up to him to protect us, he can't just run away, can he? Oh yeah, I forgot, it's not Gary Cooper who had no one else to fight his battle for him. Our champion can just have these dangerous free speech advocates arrested, charged with no crimes, incarcerated for life, given no lawyers, and perhaps even shipped away to some other country where torture is routine. It would serve them right, questioning our infallible, never-makes-a-mistake fuehrer.

This country is sick. And the sickness begins at the top and infects everything else right down to the bottom of the chain, from the CEO's of our huge corporations to the fools who watch Fox News, listen to Rush Limbaugh, and spend their money on Wal Mart junk.

Support Cindy Sheehan and Patrick Fitzgerald with your life. It's quite likely our only hope.