A Government of Wolves

I ran across this quotation by Bertrand de Jouvenal while I was reading about Cindy Sheehan here:

A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.

Yes, it is the perfect metaphor for the preoccupation with self that allowed our government to embroil us in the intractible mess in Iraq. The problem is that it is the metaphor for the overall Bush phenomenon. His persona must be such that a majority (in 2004, unless you are skeptical) of Americans believe they can trust him to act in thir best interests, vote for him, and then don't watch him.

Announcement: Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls! The Wolves are in Charge!

How much proof do you need? Try these for a few. There are plenty more and you are certainly invited to cite a few in the comments section.

Wolf: Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior, a former lawyer for logging and oil companies and no friend of our environment, judging by her career to date.

Wolf: Recess appointee John Bolton as United Nations ambassador.

Wolf: Samuel Bodman, Secretary of Energy, formerly of Cabot Corporation, one of the nations top five polluters. Sam was a Texas buddy of W who contributed thousands of dollars to Republican causes and thousands of tons to Texa's air pollution. See here.

Wolf at the door: Clear Skies Act amounts to a license to pollute more.

Wolf at the door: The new federal bankruptcy law will protect Visa and Mastercard from us shiftless consumers, while allowing banks to continue to be irresponsible about to whom they extend credit and to charge usurious interest rates by both Old and New Testament standards.

Wolf at the Door: Medicare legislation of 2003.