Year in Pee-Yoo – National Edition

Highs and lows of 2005:

--It all started Inauguration Day. I sat and cried, wondering why people voted for intolerance and fear. Gay marriage is frightening to people who willingly attend the Blue Collar Comedy Tour? Washington seemed a nightmare come true. Remember the pastor that day who said, "Respecting persons of all faith, I humbly submit this prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen." When a Republican refers to everyone, the Protestant male really means everyone with a gold card and cross. How many people bought their boat of lies that day? How many of those same people are now surprised the boat is sinking?

--Donald Rumsfeld and Tom Cruise won the always coveted Please Make Him Go Away award.

--Hurricane Katrina was the real weapon of mass destruction, wiping out an entire region of the country. Didn’t Bush promise security? (I read your promises, your promises are lies.) Then he and his cronies did nothing to help thousands of people suffering in the south; instead, Georgie cried over pal Trent Lott’s mansion. George Bush doesn’t care about black people. Still.

--Quote of the year comes from Momma Bush about Hurricane Katrina survivors: “What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them”.

--All the President’s Men: John Bolton, Jack Abramoff, Ken Tomlinson, Tom Delay, Bill Frist, and Scooter Libby. Mr. President, tell me who you go with and I’ll tell you who you are.

--Regarding Terri Schiavo and Republicans who tried desperately to win political points with her death, Jim Davis summed it up perfectly, "I never met anyone with a living will that says at the end of my life call Tom Delay or the Governor."

--We have over two thousand dead Americans due to our Iraq policy. Under-funding for needed supplies and setting forth an ineffective agenda hurts our soldiers overseas, yet neocons went after Murtha, Sheehan and other patriots who dared speak out. And what are soldiers dying for anyway - freedom of speech, an independent press, or privacy rights?

--Karl Rove. ‘Nuff said.

--Cheney beats out hemorrhoids in online poll titled: “Name Bigger Ass-ache."

--Bush and Co. ended the year with Fs and Ds in report card on enacting reforms designed to make us safer, according to the 9/11 Panel. Again, didn’t this president run a campaign promising to keep us safe? The experts say, “Not so much”.

Okay, so it was mostly a list of lows. On a national level, did anything good happen this year? If you work for oil companies, banks, or Halliburton, 2005 was a rockin’ good time. More on that later.