Tuesday, January 20, 2009

George W. Who?

As soon as President Obama was inaugurated, I suddenly forgot who that other guy was. I remember the Clinton years, when I had fun protesting the WTO. I remember Jimmy Carter, and I even remember during Reagan years watching some good movies and rollerskating to Duran Duran, Wham, Prince, and Taylor Dayne. But sometime after 2000 there's kind of a vague recollection of something distasteful, I'm not sure what. I remember playing some video games and hosting some fundraisers, and then the Obama years, ah, much better, I think I'll remember those.

I remember Slobodan Milosevich, and the guy who grew a big beard and hid for awhile but eventually was found and tried at the Hague for War Crimes. And I remember seeing this guy in a wheelchair at Obama's Inauguration, he looked like Mr. Potterfrom It's a Wonderful Life. Maybe this guy, along with the guy in that video game, will end up in a war crimes tribunal too. Until then, who? Sorry, busy rebuilding America.