One good thing about today...

John Ashcroft has just resigned.

Shame the rest of the Bush Administration (well, ok, except for Don Evans...) is still there.

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Just to clarify...

Yes, I'd really like to see the whole damn Bush administration removed from office.

I'd like to see piety Blair and his friends out of Downing Street, too.

And while we're at it, can we replace Putin with someone a little less dubious, someone who doesn't just pay lip-service to democracy (and might have a few less apocalyptic ideas for dealing with Chechnya)?

It's not about America. Or at least not just about America - superpowers cast a long shadow, after all.

It's just that we live in volatile times and there are too many dangerous fools and/or ruthless bastards in high places at the moment - the world would be a far better place without them.

For that matter, the world would be a much better place if we just had some halfway competent political parties in opposition to them - the Democrats, to give them their due, at least tried. If the next UK election is that close then I'll be pleasantly surprised...