From the paranoid conspiracy department

Every once in a while I exercise that part of my imagination that gets really excited by X-files. You know- alternate realties, sci-fi, star trekking type thoughts that massage the inner geek. Anyway, they often are accompanied by conspiratorial paranoias. Like this one, for example- what if, in a last desparate bid to fulfill the zero year curse of being shot or dying in office, George Bush gets taken out while touring the Middle East (I mean, he's had 7 years to reach out and do something, and he chooses NOW to go broker peace, what is that about?) And the resulting chaos means embassy after embassy is overrun and its a pretty big mess ( I mean the Iranian tour boat companies have already declared themselves ready for a fight). So, our buddy and now president Dick Cheney locks and loads, declares a state of emergency and keeps himself in power past the elections (or ala Pakistan, he simply suspends elections and nominates himself Lord Cheney). I'm reminded of the complicated but well written scene in Star Wars 2 or 3...Lord Palpatine takes over in the Senate and gains absolute powers to mount a war, and amidst the applause and cheers Queen Amidala is savvy enough to say "So this is how democracy dies, with thunderous applause?" I mean, I seriously doubt there would be a huge upswelling of resistance outside of California, as long as everyone got to keep their Wiis and still had chicken mcnuggets to eat.... Oh wait, that's the hopelessly cynical part of my brain coming out to play...it's really good friends with the aforementioned inner geek parts. Well, here's saying I told you so on the 1% chance that Nostradamus and I are proven right....and otherwise, well it would make a good plot line for Doonesbury.