More Ifs...

…politicians were elected based on experience and ability, not on who can spend the most money and sling the most mud

…“government” would recognize that it is there to serve the people, and not the other way around

…the Iraqis would use more of their oil revenue to rebuild their country, and less of our money

…American military personnel could see their families more often

…the $787 billion stimulus program contained more in the way of real economic stimulus and less social engineering

…more working people would save seriously for their Golden Years (an estimated one-third of the U.S. population saves zero for retirement)

…Paris Hilton’s 15 minutes of fame were over

…market corrections of various types were a little less painful

…America’s Vietnam War veterans would finally get credit for serving their country

…your garbage disposal didn’t eat better than two-thirds of the world’s population

…we actually got serious about U.S. energy independence with a program geared to (1) conservation, (2) alternative sources of energy, (3) access to much more oil and natural gas in Alaska and on the Continental Shelf, and (4) developing massive deposits of oil shale in the West

…there was a stronger collective effort to improve opportunities in America’s inner cities