In an attempt to make it appear as though policy will change and that there is some kind of accountability, the Bush administration has announced some staffing changes. They began a while ago by replacing White house Chief of Staff Andrew Card with Josh Bolten.

Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan announced his resignation.

Whaa! It looks like ethics have finally gotten to McClellan, who has spent two years either outright lying to members of the Press Corps or trying to spin statements made by Bush, cabinet members, or former Press Secretary Ari Fleischer. Perhaps his conscience -- which we thought shared the same metaphysical standing as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Tooth Fairy -- really exists after all.

McClellan is so good at spinning the truth that he was even able to put a positive spin on his own resignation:

The White House is going through a time of transition. Change can be helpful. This is a good time and a good position to help bring about change. I'm ready to move on. I've been in this position a long time and my wife and I are excited about beginning the next chapter in our life together.

It goes without saying that McClellan did not resign of his own volition; rather, the administration and McClellan probably agreed that he should be replaced in an effort to make it appear that the administration is being all shook up. Several generals are calling for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and instead, Bush gives them Scott McClellan and ... what's this? Karl Rove?

Karl Rove isn't being fired; he's just being given a different job. The White House Sleazeball-in-Chief -- who probably leaked Valerie Plame's name to Bob Novak, suggested that democrats wanted to coddle our enemies after September 11, and spread rumors in South Carolina that John McCain had adopted "a black baby" -- will "will no longer focus on policy but will be involved in long-term strategic planning as a deputy chief of staff and a senior adviser," says CNN.

Nevertheless, even though a few administration officials are getting fired or moved around -- and Fox News watchers will insist that Bush is really, really shaking things up, here, so baby-killing liberals should stop making a fuss -- there is little change happening. Rove continues to be the little voice in Bush's ear; Rumsfeld continues to be in charge of the military; the Project for a New American Century continues to be in control of national policy.

And, based on Pentagon testing in Nevada, it looks like we're going to nuke Iran. While Iran's dictator is clearly crazy, there is the same pressing, immediate threat there that there was in Iraq three years ago -- which is to say, none. Iran is, according to nuclear scientists, several years from developing a nuclear weapon. The number of centrifuges they have (a small number) combined with the size of aluminum tubes they have signals exactly what they've been saying all along: that they're trying to develop nuclear power, which is their right under the law. And if they're lying? Then let nuclear inspectors determine that, not a trigger-happy U.S. president.