Just about an hour before we can all flush Bush/Cheney down the toilet of history. The bastards are getting away with it, of course, but this flushing away of the shit-stain is the best we can do here in the united states of symbols.

One of my neighbors, who isn’t from around here, hopes that Obama has a magic wand. I heard an oldster on the radio say, “If Obama fails, America fails.” Sigh. After more than two centuries, you’d think we’d be a mature democracy by now. Millions in DC are ready to party, which is nice, but the Chamber of Commerce has its eyes on the prize. They’ve drawn the line on Employee Free Choice, one of the best ways of shoring up the middle class, and are ready to fight to the death for plutocracy.

So what I want to know is: are you ready to put your muscle where your hope is?