George Bush's arrogant policies have even impacted the new Superman film.

SUPERMAN’S motto, “Truth, justice and the American way,” has been rewritten in the new “Superman Returns” to “Truth, justice and . . . all that stuff.” Jeannie Wolf reports on Movies.com that screenwriters Mike Dougherty and Dan Harris wanted to avoid outdated jingoism. Dan: “I don’t think ‘the American way’ means what it meant in 1945.” Mike: “He’s not just for Metropolis and not just for America.” Dan: “He’s an alien, from Krypton; he has come to Earth to be kind of a savior for this world, not our country . . . And he has no papers.” Mike: “What would happen with the immigration laws we have now?” Dan: “I’d like to see someone kick him out!”

George Bush often talks about how history will judge him. He seems to think that he will be vindicated in future high school textbooks, but I would like to vigorously disagree with that assessment.

We are already seeing what Bush's policies have wrought. During the Olympics our athletes were cautioned against displaying their patriotism in public. During the ongoing soccer matches our team was driven in a bus that did not advertise who was inside. And now even Superman has demured from identifying himself as an American.

How is that for a legacy Mr. Bush? You have turned our once mighty nation into a national embarrassment. I think those textbooks are already being written. You will soon replace Richard Nixon as the worst President in American history. There is your legacy.

(I saw this movie yesterday and I would recommend it to anybody who wants to have a very fulfilling movie going experience. It is far more complicated then the Superman movies of the seventies but it delivers the goods.)