As the last days of the current administration draw to a close, millions of writers, bloggers, comedians, talk-show hosts and YouTube celebrities are working themselves into a licking frenzy as they get their last shots in at President George Bush, the Younger. Goodbye and good riddance, you say? At long last our national nightmare is over? Wrong and wrong. Did you really think your jobs were over? Did you spend every spare moment of the last eight years attacking Bush just to calmly, willingly let it all go? Hardly.

Those of you lazy enough to think of escaping the requirements and duties demanded by full-scale Bush-bashing have clearly not been paying attention. Anyone can attack Bush now via Regular Bush-Bashing (RBB). The difficult part is saving your hatred and vitriol for when he is no longer around, for when we really need to attack him. We tend to forget how bad things are the moment they are removed from sight and when they return, like old girlfriends or iceberg lettuce, they don't seem so bad after all. Is this what you want to happen with George W. Bush? Obviously not. And this is why Post-Bush Bush-Bashing (PBBB) is so important.

Imagine yourselves a week or two from now. Many of you will be dead. Others will be alive and those are the ones I am asking to imagine themselves a week or two from now. George W. Bush is safely ensconced in his nuclear-powered Dallas mansion, giddily chortling while President Obama is picking up the pieces of all that has come before. Imagine yourselves, so safe in the warming psychic embrace of the current President, that you feel no need to bash George W. Bush. "Why, that's ancient history," you sigh contentedly as you and your loved ones prepare for digital television that will take us all into an unimagined world of improved picture and sound quality. It is not difficult to guess what will happen as the result of an attitude like this:

2009-2012: With Bush safely out of sight and mind, there is no longer a comparative norm by which to measure Barack Obama's performance. Immediately, the press turn on him and so do the American people. Meanwhile, former Presidents Clinton, Carter, and Bush, the Elder are all killed during a taping of "Inside the Actors Studio" and Obama is forced to send Bush, the Younger on minimal foreign errands. Armed with sympathy for his position as the only living ex-President, Bush, the Younger's reputation increases. Influenced by Obama's apparent mediocre polls, a variety of professorial ne'er-do-wells reevaluate George W. Bush's legacy and decide that he was one of our greatest leaders and that Millard Fillmore's Guano Treaty was one of the most important foreign policy achievements in our history.

2012-2040: The Republicans, in a cunning move, wave their right to nominate a candidate for President in 2012, thus saving the country 250 billion dollars in election costs and gaining immeasurable good will. Meanwhile, George Bush chooses to forgo writing his memoirs and, instead, teams up with author Stephenie Meyer to create a series of books starring brother Jeb as a smart and soulful vampire hunter. Jeb becomes an instant cultural hero and, supported by an overwhelming number of teenaged girls, wins the Presidency in 2016, easily defeating Caroline Kennedy and her "My father was shot in office--what else do you want?" campaign. Soon, a new and endless supply of Bush children take office, establishing a beachhead that will dominate American politics for decades to come. And, in 2037, Dane Cook receives the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

Happily, there is no need for any of this to happen if you proceed with your PBBB the moment that Obama takes command on January 20. And just as the transition of power will shift, so you must make the transition from RBB to PBBB. Here are some ways to inspire your Bush-fueled rage in the post-Bush world:

1. Visualize. When you are at a loss as to how to begin PBBB, the mere mental image of President Bush's Texas-sized grin should be enough to jump start all of your RBB emotions and allow the hate to flow in a new, concentrated PBBB way. And if that's not enough, just remember...he was our President. Our President! Twice! Grrrrr!

2. Focus your rage. It is as easy to get distracted by the myriad number of things to hate about Bush when he is no longer President as it was when he was President, so concentrating on one area may help. Some may prefer his many war crimes while others may opt for the failure of his administration to respond to Katrina victims. Pick one fuck-up that suits your personality and see how it works. Don't be afraid to "shop around" to find the best one for you!

3. Choose a mantra. (This may or may not be related to the focus of your rage as mentioned in the above "Focus your rage.") Select a concise, easily memorizable Bush-related saying or quote that you can repeat at different intervals during the day. (Mission accomplished! Misunderestimate! He stole the Presidency--twice!) This will be directed into energy waves that not only free your mind for more PBBB but will also eventually reach out across the cosmos and injure Bush. It could take aeons but, spiritually, it will work!

4. The George W. Bush Library - $500 million for a building named after a President who can't read? Am I right? Grrrr!

5. "W." (The Director's Cut) - Deleted scenes will include Bush personally setting explosive charges in the Twin Towers and paying off Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard to take Tom Brady out for the season.

These are merely helpful hints to get you started in your blogging, protesting, and PBBB tasks. Too much to handle, you say? Too bad. And remember--it is just the beginning. For PBBB will--must--enter a new phase, a new era of antipathy and invective. We may not live to see it but the next generation certainly will--a time when our unfettered opinions of George W. Bush will be transmitted via thoughts to everyone else on the planet simultaneously, a mass e-mail of malice and wrath. A time when our children will be genetically encoded with the same hatred of George W. Bush that we have, a proud heritage to pass along. These are the days worth waiting and fighting for.

To paraphrase a great President: "We choose to bash George W. Bush not because it is easy but because it is hard." PBBB will not be easy but the important tasks in life seldom are.