There has been no doubt in my mind that "Georgie" would be determined to be the worst president in our country's history.  This opinion is quickly becoming the consensus of our nation's population:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081110/pl_politico/15478

I must confess, this administration still scares me.  I blogged several times this year that I was worried that Bush/Cheney et. al. would not allow this election to take place and they would use the powers granted them (by them) in the "Patriot Act" to hold on to power.  "Georgie" is using his last days to put new "laws" in place to make things more difficult for Obama.  And using his power without worrying about low approval ratings to put these road blocks between prosecutions of his administration and current constitutional law is the final nail in the coffin of his legacy.

Well, "We The People" WERE allowed to vote and "We" have spoken.  It is beginning to appear that there WILL be a peaceful transfer of power from the monsters who have controlled our executive branch for these horrible 8 years to a new team of competent, intelligent managers.  For the first time in those 8 years I have hope that our country can begin the long journey out of the black hole that has been the Bush administration.

"They" are still trying to cause international incidents by sending missiles into Pakistan and crossing the border into Syria to strike which are clearly against international law and America's previous moral compass which served us so well for over 200 years. "They" are still standing in the way of legislation which might help us slow the deterioration of our financial markets.  Bush will certainly pardon ALL those who broke our laws, perverted our constitution and pushed the world to the brink of WWIII.

Hope is a good thing.  I like having it again.  But I still believe there is no limit to the evil these people will commit.  Hope fills me these days.  But Blackwater is still out there, Gitmo is still there, Cheney still has access to secrets that should scare the Hell out of EVERY American.

I thought the bottom of the stock market was around 8,000.  I've argued with my nemesis (Lt. US Army) for nearly two years about where this economy would wind up under these people.  It turns out that I was right about the crash and the upcoming depression but I'm now afraid that I may have underestimated the bottom.  Experts are not predicting somewhere around 6,400!  I hope they are wrong.  Time will tell.

Afghanistan is a smoldering cauldron nearing the melting point and yet Bush insists on blowing up Pakistani civilians in an effort to hasten that meltdown.  Yes, I'm still afraid of these monsters.  But I'm cautiously hopeful.

Ain't hope GRAND?!?!?