Why blog about Godzilla when the country (and by extension the world) is being destroyed by a cabal of faith-based nutjobs? Because I feel myself in weird sympathy with the Bushies — reality is just too depressing. For comments from folks with stronger constitutions, see Majikthise, Matthew Yglesias, Matt McIrvin, Michael Bérubé, Chris C Mooney, or best of all Cosma Shalizi.