My best hope is for a minimum number of all of the above.

Incompetence in all areas, including doing evil, in other words.

Best Hopes for Continued GWB Incompetence,

Alan

Check out C-span right now.

Sen. Leahy presiding over Senate discussion with AG Mukasey.

Already in opening remarks, Leahy has warned against 'King George'.. maybe not enough, but it's better than last year.

Bob

Pardon the detail-errors,

it's a Judiciary Ctte Oversight hearing, and I don't know how the AG's name is spelled.. got it on audio right now..

Bob

Unfortunately doing evil seems to be the one thing they're good at.

Although, maybe with the economy in trouble they'll be distracted from opening up a can of worms in Iran...

You've forgotten? New wars are the way that us here Murricans solve our economic problems...

It's an old Republican party trick. I honestly wouldn't put it past them to try and retain power by starting trouble in an election cycle. But then, that's just me being cynical...

The Bush 'say one thing and do another' political approach only seems to support the corps and the worst ones of the bunch at that.

I kinda' figured your hopes were along these lines, Alan.

My best hopes have been dashed on the rocks of -- ahem! -- "political reality" so many times that I truly am in a mourning mode. Not feeling sorry for myself, but lamenting the folly of our nation. Hey, it's a dirty job, but somebody has got to do it! Who better to lament than a "Beggar"?

Meanwhile, my shoulder is to the wheel and my nose is to the grindstone, working for sustainability in spite of the floods of folly.

One day, it just may be that some good will come of the positive efforts -- and if not, at least I (and so Many People!) will have put forth their best efforts.

"Atta Boy" to you Alan, and to many others who are still in there working for positive change!

And an "ATTA Boy !" to you ! :=)

Best Hopes for Citizen Action & Activity,

Alan