Be It Resolved:
1.That George W. Bush experience at least five (5) seconds of true, unfiltered, undefended, unmediated insight into his own character and the consequences of his actions. And that, once that period passes, its effects remain and haunt him for the rest of his life, impervious to his escalating (and futile) pursuit of drink, drugs, and Jesus.
2.That Dick Cheney, on or before March 1, 2009, become lost on a duck hunting expedition, be last seen wandering deeper into an uncharted swamp, and never be heard from again. And that no ducks be harmed in the enactment of this resolution.
3.That David Addington and John Yoo be kidnapped and water-boarded for video distribution on YouTube, and then released unharmed. Still dripping wet.
4.That Rush Limbaugh be the featured personality of one of those hideous conservative cruises. And that the ship be blown off course, founder, and sink. And that everyone -- passengers, crew, Limbaugh -- be washed ashore on an uncharted island. And that, after help fails to arrive and death by hunger threatens, everyone realize that, by banding together, they can overcome and consume Limbaugh. And that, while they are doing so, Limbaugh accuse them with his dying breath of "implementing socialism." And that this act enable them to survive until help arrives an hour later. And that all survivors, newly appreciative of the power of group co-operation, return to the U.S. and become the kernel of a new American Social Democratic Party.
5.That Alan Colmes run into Sean Hannity at a party. And that Hannity utter provocative and disrespectful things to Colmes. And that Colmes, possibly but not necessarily drunk, pop Hannity in the kisser, precipitating a fistfight in which Colmes mops the floor with Hannity to the amusement and applause of all present. And that Hannity spend the rest of his life trying to convince others, and himself, that the results were otherwise, that he "took a dive," that he "felt sorry for Alan," etc., even as everyone -- interlocutors, family members, the crew of his television show, and so on -- laugh openly.
6.That Glenn Beck, Hugh Hewitt, and Dennis Prager be abducted by aliens, examined (non-invasively) on the alien mother ship, be deemed (to echoing rounds of the alien equivalent of derisive laughter) undesirable as specimens, and returned to Earth. And that they each spend the rest of their (vastly abbreviated) careers proclaiming to all who will listen that "this really happened."
7.That Karl Rove be indicted on some pretext, and assured of a token sentence in a minimum-security facility in exchange for his plea of "guilty." That he so plead. And then that there occur "some foul-up" resulting in his incarceration among the general population of a state prison, for years, while continually being reassured that it will all be straightened out any day now, which it never be.
8.That Rachel Maddow decide that she might be bisexual after all, and come live with me and my wife.
9.That everyone -- Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Greens, non-voters, children, and household pets -- get what they deserve.
10. That, failing all the above, you and yours and me and mine have a Happy damn New Year, at least. NB: I have never known whether "Happy New Year" means that the entire year be happy, or just the arrival of January 1st be a happy occasion. You decide.
Cross-posted at What HE Said