You have to thank Ashcroft

for appointing a serious special prosecutor to investigate the leaking of Valerie Wilson's/Plame's name to the press. BREAKING: Bloomberg Reporting That Rove, Libby May Be Subject To Perjury Charges.

There are days when I am really proud to be an American and this is one of them. I am so glad not to be living in China, where a rich entrepreneur can run you over in his Toyota Sedan and then send his thugs to beat you up for complaining or asking for help while the Public Security Agents, a.k.a. "police" stand back and watch.

I know the two abuses of power are not on the same scale, but we have far less reason to be cynical in the US, and far more reason to demand and fight for justice than the Chinese peasants who are risking much more and doing the same under dire circumstances.