Anybody Got a Bus Schedule Handy?

With the Bush presidency winding down like a worn out cuckoo clock, most of us tend to forget that the man is still capable of great things.

For example, the White House has just announced that the expected budget deficit for fiscal 2008 has mushroomed to $482 billion. To put that number in perspective, imagine balancing your checkbook and coming up with a figure of $482. Not too bad, except that it's preceded by a minus sign and followed by a sh*tload of zeros. Most of us, if faced with that situation, would decide to clear our heads by going for a long walk and stepping in front of a bus.

And if that's not bad enough, some analysts are warning that final deficit may well exceed $500 billion. You may want to ask that bus driver to back up and run over you a second time.

Whatever the final number ends up being, it's already a record setting fiscal performance worthy of an Olympic gold medal. And with a billion people, China can be expected to have a whole lot of buses ready to run us all over. Just be careful not to get any of those lead paint chips in your clothes.

Yes, the Bush budgets are a legacy that our children and grandchildren will long remember.