It’s hard to believe that 2007 has come to an end already.

I haven’t blogged much this year because 2007 was FULL of many personal and professional changes in my life.  In the coming months I intend to recommit myself to the blog and to raising the issues that we all need to understand as we enter into the 2008 election cycle.

So, what happened in 2007?

1. We lost the always entertaining seldom intelligible Anna Nicole Smith
2. The U.S. allowed Turkey to conduct air and ground raids on Iraqi Kurd territories on the border with Turkey
3. Jerry Falwell met his maker
4. Evil-doer extraordinaire Karl Rove left the White House
5. Albert Gonzales got busted, lied to cover his rear, lied about the lie, and lied even more about political revenge terminations of Justice Department prosecutors
6. Oprah went off the deep-end
7. Congress failed to pass one single piece of legislation that dramatically improved the lives of Americans
8. Congress failed to pass a significant measure that reduced the number of troops in Iraq
9. Some elements of a 20,000+ troop surge in Iraq showed signs of success
10. George Bush failed to complete an intelligent thought…again
11. Television producers and writers proved just how greedy our society has become
12. Idaho Senator Larry Craig was arrested for lewd behavior in a Minneapolis airport restroom, pleaded guilty, changed his mind, resigned in shame, only to change his mind about that too — ONLY IN AMERICA!

I’m sure there is plenty more that I have either forgotten about, or simply blocked out.