Ridiculous

Who is that in your mailbox? Why, it's George Bush who with another ridiculous signing statement claimed the authority to open your mail. I'm not joking, apparently the federal government now has the right to snoop though your mail. From the Daily News:

President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's warrant, the Daily News has learned.

The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal reform bill into law on Dec. 20. Bush then issued a "signing statement" that declared his right to open people's mail under emergency conditions.

That claim is contrary to existing law and contradicted the bill he had just signed, say experts who have reviewed it.

Those emergency conditions are thought to include being critical of Iraq policy, candidacy for public office not approved by the emperor, and failure to pay tithe to the republican party.

Long live the king.

Hey, I didn't get a hurump out of that guy. Off to the dungeon with him!