Who Needs Tea Leaves When You've Got Bush

A foul and mysterious stench swept through New York causing nausea and distress...

A volcano in Montserrat shot ash 5 miles into the sky as a harbinger of catastrophe to come...

Police shut down 10 blocks in downtown Austin for several hours Monday after 63 birds were found dead in the street...

And President Bush is planning to announce his plans for Iraq on Wednesday night.

COINCIDENCE?! I say, "NAY!"

Already the world, natural and political, are reacting to small details of Bush's scheme. To deal with a war that was horribly planned, with no exit strategy, and a body count far outweighing the inciting incident, Bush plans to...

... do the same, but bigger.

Now, if I put as much stock in the Bible as our Holy Cheerleader In Chief does, I would recognize biblical portents when they sat in the pew next to me. Like the time Washington D.C. was carpeted by cicadas back in May 2004... about the halfway point of this Iraq war.

Did a plague of locusts ring any bells? Sadly, no. I guess the President is selective in the faith he places in the Good Book.

No doubt he'll ignore these harbingers as well.

20,000 more troops? More money for jobs and reconstruction programs? I guess we'll have to wait till Wednesday to "not" be surprised. Click here for a preview.