Commutation relations

Moving to Geneva means that not only am I missing the 4th of July but also that my Blogger controls are now in German. Nevertheless, in honor of American Independence I'd like to take the time to "celebrate" behavior that our Founding Fathers would have disapproved of. I'd like to imagine them giving Bush, Cheney, Rove, Addington, and Gonzales each many swift kicks in the ass (or worse) for treating the executive branch of our government like a monarchy.

Andrew Sullivan covers all of the outrage.

p.s. As a physicist I take a special pleasure in the title of this post.