Just in Case You Forgot

George Bush is still our president, and he's still doing all the things that make me wish he wasn't.

Politics over good government? Check.

"It is unprecedented and an unlawful act of political interference for the president personally to override a decision that the Clean Air Act leaves exclusively to EPA's expert scientific judgment," said John Walke, clean-air director for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Expanding executive power and reducing transparency? Check.

Almost 32 years to the day after President Ford created an independent Intelligence Oversight Board made up of private citizens with top-level clearances to ferret out illegal spying activities, President Bush issued an executive order that stripped the board of much of its authority.

Always good to remember that he isn't just singing and dancing as he winds things down.