When 'Dubya' was named President (I don't say elected; the popular vote was won by Gore) my words in this blog were:
I hope we live through this mistake. - or words to that effect.
Now, while the American economy is in the dumps, what does he do? Ask for more money than what was originally figured.
The country will ultimately be one of the worst off economically in the world... but hey, we'll have a pretense of terrorism squashed, huh? Neither Osama bin Laden or Saddaam Hussein have been caught yet (nearly 2 years since 9-11 too), but let's not mention those things...
Sad. Very sad.