Less Government?

Has anyone increased the size of government more than this Bush rendition? Homeland secretary; and now Intelligence Zsar. Christ on a cracker, as I've heard some say. This is pure bureaucratic kingmaking.

In a releated issue Robert Wright is channeling some of my online buddies.

"So when Democrats talk about Muslim hatred, they're just begging to be called wimps by all those right-wing bloggers who have Machiavelli's dictum - better to be feared than loved - tattooed across their chests."