Well, statistically I only made half the Bush mistakes you did. I voted for the shrub twice and poppy not at all.

I'm still not convinced that the alternative would have been better. That's a sad commentary right there.

Like you, I am concerned about the liberties we have surrendered again. That the Patriot Act passed the second test still pisses me off something fierce. I understand the FUD of the time, so get the over reaction on the first one. But the second go round was inexcusable.

I am concerned that we will get the "Mission Accomplished" bullshit before it's done. We are still in Afghanistan for guzbuck's sake. 18 years and counting.

It's not like it didn't give us some warning. SARS and MARS are both Corona Virus caused. Not this one, this one is Novelle CoronaVirus. Seriously. A word you defined.

And the thought we are going to kick it's ass? The H1N1 flu virus kills several hundred thousand world wide every year, in spite of vaccines and treatments. Sometimes called Swine Flu (it started in Pigs) it ravaged the world in 1918. Yep. Spanish Flu.

Ugggggghhhhhh. Sometimes I am glad that I'm old and don't have much concern for the future.