Have you heard the news about plans for the presidential library of our fearless Decider in Chief? It’s estimated to cost half a billion bucks to build it, and the imperial minions are searching for a place for it in the great state of Texas. One front-running site is Southern Methodist University, the faculty of which has voiced concerns. They wrote a letter to the president of the university, saying they would …

..regret to see SMU enshrine attitudes and actions widely deemed as ethically egregious: degradation of habeas corpus, outright denial of global warming, flagrant disregard for international treaties, alienation of long-term U.S. allies, environmental predation, shameful disrespect for gay persons and their rights, a pre-emptive war based on false and misleading premises, and a host of other erosions of respect for the global human community and for this good Earth on which our flourishing depends.

I suspect their concern may be a bit premature; the president may have overestimated his legacy. Does he really have $500 million worth of friends left? Would he know what to do with a library if he had one? I doubt it. And I fear that when all the donations and payoffs are in, he may have just enough to buy a used VHS copy of Soylent Green from amazon.com.