The New York Times, in the great tradition of such mindless opinion writers as Thomas Friedman, Maureen Dowd, and Paul Krugman (I do give them props for hating Bush, but that's about it) has once again done the unspeakable. They have killed Rosa Parks. Earlier this year, a series of ridiculous editorials appeared in the Times comparing Judith Miller to Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. for her "defense" of "free speech" which really had more to do with protecting the Bush administration from political backlash and making herself famous. I know that if someone compared me to Judith Miller, I couldn't be blamed for dying. And that is exactly what the honorable Mrs. Parks has done.

Miller had actually received clearance from her source, "Scooter" Libby, before going to jail, but decided to stay in jail. She claimed this was because she thought the clearance she received from Libby was "coerced". I think she was distracted by the sound of cash registers chinging in her mind with every second she sat in a cell. It was nothing but a cheap attempt to whore herself out for publicity, and it failed miserably. Hopefully the Times will give her the hatchet, and she can learn a valuable lesson about 1) being a mouthpiece for Bush's Iraq lies, and then 2) her own pathetic attempts to be some sort of martyr.

Mrs. Parks, a great American hero, was one of few recipents of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was the highest civilian symbol of recognition in the country until George W. gave George "Slam Dunk" Tenet (an utterly worthless human being if one ever existed) one a couple years ago. Now that I think about it, that also probably had something to do with the death of Mrs. Parks.

How about we have some indictments for the murder an old woman who was 10 times the person Bush ever will be? I know its absurd and baseless and stupid to blame Miller, the Times, Bush, or Tenet for Mrs. Parks' death, but if I can't blame Bush for absolutely everything now, what good are insanely low approval ratings? Just roll with it.