Of a MAGICAL universe - should he have to step down.
When the Democrats won both houses, I was greatly
relieved, truth be told. Bush would no longer be able to
run rampant with his insane Iraq policy. Maybe, just maybe...
we would see a shift away from the lemming rush to World
War Three that we've been seeing for the last five years.
Maybe the Rapture looneys would be disappointed in their
fervent wish to expedite Armageddon. NOW that little hope
of mine is in doubt...
Apparently Senator-Elect Tim Johnson (Democrat, South
Dakota) may have to step down due to health problems (bleeding in the brain and subsequent surgery.) This would leave the question
of his replacement in the hands of South Dakota's governor,
who is a Republican. And should he (surprise, surprise!) pick
a Republican as his replacement - well, that will lead to DICK
CHENEY presiding over the Senate - and thus (at least!) TWO MORE
YEARS of "staying the course" in the "most idiotic war of the
last 2,000 years" (as a certain well-respected political historian
has called it.)
No doubt, the believers in a suit-and-tie, Republican Jesus who
gives you the choice of a really sucky "Heaven" or a gratuitously
vicious "Hell" (after he whisks away all of his inane fish-brained followers
to said "Heaven") are giddy with joy right now.
And what I fear is, they may be partly right. If Bush manages to
maintain his policies due to THIS freaky a circumstance - then one
has to wonder if we do indeed live in a horrifying, magical universe where "prophecy" and "fate and destiny" are for REAL, under the capricious watch of a cruel, savage, hateful Jewish tribal god who won't let the dead stay dead.
First we'll lose the rest of our freedoms (Patriot Act 2, yadda yadda.) Then we'll see the Middle East explode, followed by the rest of the world. Just what we'd expect in a magical, Pat Robertson and Terry Randall sort of universe...
And I'll have to LIVE FOREVER in said inane universe... in stultifying inane "Heaven" or fiery "Hell". (Which of 'em would be worse, really?) No blissful oblivion, as per my wishes. (I'd PRAY for materialism to be the truth, if that wouldn't be so oxymoronic..!)
Sound crazy, do I? Maybe I am. But in a sane, scientific universe... how would someone like Baby Bush manage to futz and bumble his way to the most powerful position on the planet... I mean, here's a guy who wouldn't have been elected DOGCATCHER in a sane society. He'd probably be in PRISON in a sane society (or a nuthouse maybe?) But there he is, in the White House... and here we all are, right here. Can you dig it? And now he's going to hit ANOTHER million-dollar jackpot in his long, unbroken streak of freaky good luck with this senator-elect. Gives me the CREEPS. (How about y'all?)
Right now, I'm starting to feel like the proverbial trapped rat. A thousand curses on the day of my birth, should the scenario I mentioned come true, and I was born into a magical universe...

B-man

Chumley you grizzly bear you  tell me, do you eat wild locusts with honey for breakfast?!

yummy worms extra protein!

A neo what?  I have no idea who Tim Johnson is .. it's enough trying to understand African politics but I like Hillary Clinton .. i reckon she'll be good because she's a woman of course!

You see already Ms. Clinton is doing good by giving the GOP their much-needed trouncing in November (lol whatever that means!)  Neo-conservative ok .. democracy is okay isn't and being (slightly) conservative is not to bad surely?

Bob Marley:  a man should be judged by the colour of his eyes and not by the colour of his skin. 
Wise words from da Rastaman!

Mmm Hurricana Katrina was awful I hope life in New Orleans is improving for the people who live there.
Na im not black just a bit burnt round the edges from the extra extra sun waves. 

Hey Chum you should be a politician - you'll just tell them straight!