535 lumps of coal, please

[mellicious]

There was a high-school kid in Starbucks earnestly explaining to the girl with him that the Bush administration wasn't as bad as their reputation, because, you see, the Democrats controlled Congress and all those bad bills that got passed during the Bush administration were all their fault. I really had to bite my lip. Of course the problems with this are numerous - I suppose the kid's probably not even old enough to remember the first SIX YEARS of the Bush administration during which the Democrats did NOT control Congress in any way, shape or form. And I don't really think controlling half of Congress during the last two count, either, do you? (Hmm, I think it's possible I am a little tetchy on the subject of Congress right now, anyway. They all need to get lumps of coal for Christmas. Whether they celebrate Christmas or not.)