Caligula's Horse

On Friday the 15th President was busy handing out Presidential Medals of Freedom to a bevy (that's 10 by the way) of people who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors."
Among those honored were Natan Sharansky, William Safire and Paul Johnson which is enough to warm the cockles of any Conservative's heart, however a thorn finds itself among our rose in the person of ....wait for it.....former Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta.
Yes, finding no Supreme Court seats open at this time our beloved leader has decided to honor one of the worst Cabinet members in recent memory with one of this county's highest honors.
To realize just how obtuse a choice this is let us just fall back on some of the words and deeds of the former Transportation Secretary....

Asked on 60 Minutes if a 70-year-old white woman from Vero Beach should receive the same level of scrutiny as a Muslim from Jersey City, Mineta said, "Basically, I would hope so." Asked if he could imagine any set of circumstances that would justify ethnic and racial profiling, Mineta said "absolutely not."

And if the sheer awfullness of that is not enough here we have the link for the Department of Transportation memo from 10/12/01 called Carrying Out Transportation Inspection and Safety Responsibilities in a Nondiscriminatory Manner.