In the words of Li'l John, "What?!?"

In what must surely be a move to distract us all from the still-unfurling distaster in the Gulf (no, not the Persian Gulf, the one by Mexico), Double-Yoo tapped human cipher John Roberts to replace the late Wm. Rehnquist as Chief Justice. Now, John Boy ain't even been confirmed for the Court yet! What must Scalia et al be thinking of this? This is like working at a company for 20 years and getting passed over for CEO by the kid that just interviewed for the sales position.

Every day brings new evidence the Bush is either so supremely arrogant and disconnected that he thinks he can just bring on whatever craphound he wants to head FEMA (because that Brownie, he's doing a heck of a job!) or DHS or whatever, or he's just so danged stupid that he's really doing the best he can with what he has.

Why do I even bother? Here's the story from CNN...