and speaking of The Onion, someone has compiled The True History of the Bush Years, as chronicled in Onion headlines
just brilliant, and a welcome reinder of what a phenomal job the Onion did immediately following 9/11:
September 26, 2001: American Life Turns Into Bad Jerry Bruckheimer Movie.
September 26, 2001: Hijackers Surprised To Find Selves In Hell.
September 26, 2001: God Angrily Clarifies Dont Kill Rule.
September 26, 2001: Hugging Up 76,000 Percent.
September 26, 2001: Arab-American Third-Grader Returns From Recess Crying, Saying He Didnt Kill Anyone.
September 26, 2001: Not Knowing What Else To Do, Woman Bakes American-Flag Cake.
September 26, 2001: Bush Sr. Apologizes To Son For Funding Bin Laden In 80s.
September 26, 2001: Report: Gen X Irony, Cynicism May Be Permanently Obsolete.
September 26, 2001: Jerry Falwell: Is That Guy A Dick Or What?
September 26, 2001: The U.S. Military Is Pondering Its Response Options.
September 26, 2001: U.S. Vows To Defeat Whoever It Is Were At War With.
September 26, 2001: President Urges Calm, Restraint Among Nations Ballad Singers.
October 3, 2001: U.S. Urges Bin Laden To Form Nation It Can Attack.
October 17, 2001: Woman With Sore Throat Thinks It Might Be Anthrax.
October 31, 2001: CIA Admits Its Good At Overthrowing Stuff, Not So Much The Intelligence.
November 14, 2001: U.S. To Arab World: Stop Hating Us Or Suffer The Consequences.
ETA: it would be funny if it weren't so sad -- some of Bush's staff were apparently bitching on the plane back to Texas that Obama's Inaugural speech was mean to them!