We here at The Madness of King George are no exception, having fully expected to be fighting off demons from Hell in the streets by now. Justified liberal paranoia aside, we decided to ask our local psychic columnist Slander VanHorne to take a look into the future and see what the rest of 2001 will be like under Dubya. Here's what he had to say:

"On May 16 the one called Bush will preside over the execution of Timothy McVeigh. He will then randomly select four liberal journalists covering the event and have them executed as well.It will all be part of his plan to 'change the tone' in Washington."

"In early June the president will survive a vehicular accident when the brakes on the presidential limousine fail. It will later be determined that the brake line was cut, although vice president Dick Cheney will swear it looked fine when he inspected it earlier in the day."

"July will mark the month that the president signs an executive order to begin creating clones of himself to ensure his dynasty will rule through the next millenium. The clones will be defective however, appearing as some sort of human-ape hybrid with the ability of speech. Far into the future they shall rule the world while mankind will be reduced to loincloth-wearing slaves."

"The summer months also mark the time when Bush will declare himself emperor of the known world, demanding all be subjegated before him. He will quickly tire of this and need to take several weeks of vacation at his ranch and at Camp David."

"Late in the year an astronaut aboard the International Space Station will accidentally drop a wrench which will enter into orbit around the Earth. Weeks later it will plunge into the atmosphere and strike former president George H.W. Bush in the head during a satanic ritual in Texas. He will be fine, however, as pure evil can never be killed."