The Metal of Freedom is the highest award given to US civilians. "The Medal of Freedom is presented to people who have made important contributions to U.S. national security, world peace, culture or other significant public or private endeavors." It will be awarded to President Bush by President Obama; himself a recipient of a Nobel Peace prize. Last week, CPAC awarded Donald Rumsfield with it's coveted annual “Defender of the Constitution” award. Obama to honor Medal of Freedom recipients Tuesday

Years ago, when we intermittently only had one channel, my wife and I would occasionally turn on some sort of Hollywood stars program in which Hollywood stars seemed to be always giving each other a lot of meaningless awards. Somehow I am reminded of that program. At other moments, I wonder if our media and political class haven't gone through the mirror and the Mad Hatter is now offering metals. But really, a Medal of Freedom for W. Bush?