light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlight of the oncoming train?

Sometimes, the news that I read actually cause me to have a momentary burst of optimisim - before I start thinking about the big picture. Rumsfeld, Rove, and Gonzales have left their posts - albeit, avoiding going to the gallows, but hey, you can only ask for so much. Now, the Blackwater group that I wrote about previously is being investigated. We're moving in the right direction, no?

I only have one fear - that, similar to the aftermath of the fall of Reich or Stalin's death, the departed leaders would be blamed, while the rest of society will go on unchanged. Nobody but us is responsible for the 2000 and the 2004 elections, for giving Bush a blank check, and for failing to learn any lessons from Vietnam/Iran/Afganistan/Somalia. Sure enough, Romney & Co. will "distance" themselves from Bush, and carry the banner of "new conservatism" or whatever they'll choose to call it.

And if my worst fears are realized, jobs in Europe/Canada/anywhere else will all of the sudden look much more appealing in 2008.