Greenspan vs Bush
Brad DeLong starts with an accurate description of Bush's economic policy, or lack thereof, and then proceeds to make a scathing simile with a failing Ottoman empire, one in which power is held by those that have access to power through internal machinations and devious practices.
Much more important than just the anecdotical quality of the description of the Topkapi Palace at 1600 Pennsylvannia, is the situation by which Brad identifies the riff between the economicst camp championed by Greenspan, and those that oppose esoteric ideas such as fiscal policy and sensible taxes.
Further on, there is the issue of the invented economic report, as Brad reports here, as reported by Newsday and Salon.
Point: What are we going to do? Impeachement, anyone?
Not so much the fact that he was blatantly lying and citing inexistent figures to support a highly unpopular proposal, but that so far nobody has taken the president to task, asking about his methods and responsibilities. It seems that once president, there is no more accountability for actions and omissions.
Obviously, Bush still believes in Enron as its spiritual guide, Congress in his pocket and the Dems a vote of silence.