Wanted: Adult in the White House

I’m not a big worrier by temperament. The recent terror attacks in London would not put me off public transit. I had no qualms about boarding an airplane after 9/11. In my various jobs, I’ve received personal death threats that I’ve shrugged off.

But now I’m worried.

I’m worried about our staggering deficit (which the White House is celebrating because it looks like this year we’ll come up only $333-billion short – whoopee), a record-breaking trade imbalance and an economy that runs on cheap oil as the world’s production is about to peak.

But mostly I’m worried because our leaders are not. Every day that President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Congress whistle Dixie while fiscal disaster looms only advances the day of reckoning and demonstrates they are not fit to lead.
St. Petersburg Times