All in all, it's been a really swell year!

Let's look on the bright side of the late 2006, accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, pop a cork and remember the great strides we've made as a nation!

Saddam is hanged! How can you not be happy about that? We've reached the 3000 dead soldiers mark, rejoice! Look how many we lost in Vietnam, we've made out like bandits!

And the progress we're making in Iraq, that's worth raising a toast to don't ya think?

The pResident says polar bears are becoming cannibals because global warming really does exist, as does the tooth fairy, so be happy!

Democrats won the majority! mark foley is out of rehab! That nasty gigantic ice shelf has finally broken off, and the Alps have been snow free all year!

Gas prices have not gone over 3 bucks! Unemployment is a thing of the past! The minimum wage is STILL the minimum wage!

Osama is still on the run! Our enemies are still over there, not over here! gerald ford has been elevated to sainthood, and escalation is right around the corner!

New Orleans looks MUCH better without all those nasty poor black folks drowning everywhere!

17 less soldiers died in vain this month than last!

We didn't have a hurricane or tsunami! The twins didn't enlist! An asteroid didn't hit us!

What's wrong with all you gloomy gusses?