As I reflect on 2008, I can say we had a great year: Blacks are happy; Obama was elected. Whites are happy, OJ is in jail. Democrats are happy; George Bush is leaving office. Republicans are happy: Democrats will finally quit saying George Bush stole the election. And all of us are so happy; The election is FINALLY OVER! I think 2009 will be even better: Immediately after his inauguration, Obama will balance the budget, revive the economy, solve the real estate problem, solve the auto industry problem, solve our gas/alternative energy problem, stop the fires and mudslides in California, ban hurricanes and tornadoes, stop identity theft, reverse global warming, find Osama, solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, get rid of corruption in government and achieve world peace. Then on the 7th day, He will rest. But then, we still have - CHICAGO ! Chicago . . . . Who Runs it? Senators: Barack Obama & Dick Durbin Representative: Jesse Jackson, Jr. Illinois Governor: Rod Blogojevich (arrested) Illinois House leader: Mike Madigan Illinois Attorney General: Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike, above) Chicago Mayor: Richard M. Daley (son of Mayor Richard J. Daley - need we say more?) The leadership in Illinois ? .....all Democrats. And Thank You for the combat zone in Chicago . Body count in the last six months: 292 killed (murdered) in Chicago : 221 killed in Iraq State pension fund - $44 Billion in debt - worst in the country. Cook County ( Chicago ) sales tax - 10.25%, highest in country. (Look it up). Chicago school system - rated one of the worst in the country. Of course, they're all blaming each other. They can't blame Republicans because there aren't any! This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois . And he's going to '"fix" Washington politics for us? How stupid can we be??? Good luck and may God help us. My best wishes for 2009! And remember "The government cannot give to anyone anything that it does not first take from someone else."