Been thinking about Nixon a lot recently. Not just the John Dean comment about corruption in W's Whitehouse, but comments by the likes of Pat Buchanan that makes you realize that even the Nixonians see the current regime as too extreme.
 But, take it one step further, and Scalia is now in the middle of a tape-erasing fiasco (when will we stop calling it "tape" I wonder?). And he's getting to be a jowly fellow, too. Almost looks like Nixon, but without the little button nose. This is the man who picked our President, and is holding-up (not upholding) the Constitution. It's 1972 all over again. Not to mention the sound of Phoebe Snow and John Sebastian wafting through the wet air.