Small mercies

Winter Soltice...Christmas...Yuletide...call it what you will...soon the nightmare of 8 years of George Bush and his gang of the corrupt and the wicked will fade from the scene. Still, they leave behind not only a country on the abyss of ruin but the world clouded by uncertainty and war and millions of lives shattered. Should we be thankful? In a way, yes...the grinch that stole our well being and hopes is going to the smug, iron gated community in Dallas, Texas...he goes to pal out with the rich, the lazy, and those descended from the robber barons, the hucksters, and the people who crush small people owing to the sharp, questionable practices they use to get ahead. Thankful no...for Bush & co. have left behind a dung heap to clean up and hardship for the younger generations who will lead mean lives. Thankful, yes, for as the English saw twangs: Good bye to bad rubbish!