We don't have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore...

...But we do have George W. Bush - aka president chim-chim - to kick around for a few more days.

Though I, for one, am thrilled to see him go, I'm worried that he and his cronies are going to get off too easily. It isn't enough that most of the world view him as a failure; perhaps the worst president in our country's history. It isn't enough that he is an object of ridicule. I want some accountability. I want payback for the war in Iraq, his mismanagement of Katrina, our economic collapse, FISA, torture, the state's attorney scandal and every other crooked deal he had his hand in. But, unfortunately, it seems that Bush, Cheney, et al are just going to skate.

Some would argue that it damages the country to "be backward looking" - that with all the problems we have we need to focus on the here-and-now. But that doesn't cut it. Because if we don't hold our president accountable, then what is the point of having balances of power?

Let's hope that the new democratic majority won't roll over. Let's hope we don't bail out the bush administration like we're bailing out all the failed corporations.
If you don't look back and correct the mistakes...you are doomed to repeat them.