In a real-life re-enactment of the biblical Apocalypse, our nation’s first theocratic president, George W. Bush, is gathering the four horsemen of the apocalypse. The Four Horsemen are War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death.

I recently read a quote that former Senator (thankfully) Jesse Helms made about John Bolton. Helms said, “[Bolton] is the kind of man with whom I would want to stand at Armageddon, or what the Bible describes as the final battle between good and evil.”

So, I got to thinking, who could be the four horsemen? Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is a clear candidate for War. Today, Bush nominated Paul Wolfowitz to head the World Bank, thus bringing him in line to win the title of Famine. John Bolton, nominated to be the US Ambassador to the UN, clearly embraces his past as Pestilence, or a plague, on the UN. And, finally, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales completes the quartet with his embracement of Death. Gonzales, you will remember, was instrumental in redefining torture and calling the Geneva Conventions as “obsolete” and “quaint”.

Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, and Bolton are clearly on the extreme right of the extreme right. Gonzales is still coming into his own, but he certainly earned his spot with his role in the Iraqi torture memos.