Oh, that's still going on, isn't it...

Also a massive increase in the military budget -- and about time!

There's also the reparation projects in lower Manhattan.

Floods have continued.

Droughts have continued.

Had a few hurricanes.

Some folks go to bed, then wake up like it's s brand new life. "Today is the first day of the rest of your life..." And a string quintet could be heard softly humming in the distance, while honey bees buzz the daffodils and blue birds flutter through the trees -- and the past becomes somebody else's problem.

>sigh<

In reality, we've had a pretty gruesome, fairly expensive year -- but, if you look at where we are and where we're heading, I think it's been worth it. there have been a number of errors, but negligible in the light of results.

A lot of folks have forgotten how expensive it is to actually run a government. After all, we had 8 years of Clinton to help us forget.

Dan