Rummy's mishandling of the war effort - his lack of preparedness for the post-war uncertainties, his continuing slow adoption of new technologies (or old ones, in the case of armoring the vehicles) and his cluelessness with respect to locating and squashing the Queen Roaches of the nest (Al-Sistani, Al-Douri, Al-Zarqawi, Bin Laden, Syrian border-crossers, Iranian border-crossers, blackguards and turncoats in the Iraqi National Guard) is causing me to think hard about who a qualified replacement would be.

You may have read that the Administration has called for Kofi Annan to stay as head of the U.N. I consider this folly. In fact, considering the widely metastasized cancer of corruption that afflicts that troubled institution, and the myriad of slippery eels that gain legitimacy by its existence, I am wishin' (and hopin', and prayin' - my apologies to Burt Bacharach) that we would gain the brains to 1.) leave the U.N., including and especially with respect to its funding, 2.) eject that troubled body from U.S. territory so that it could go to Belgium, who has offered it sanctuary, and 3.) begin to get tough on the insane "immigration" (I thought that when people walked across your borders in the hundreds-of-thousands without your permission it was called an invasion) policies that are very apparently not working for anyone except law-breaking cheap-labor-seekers, foreign welfare cheats, foreign criminals, and terrorists. Oh, and Vicente Fox, too.

In fact, I think that, with the election safely over (well-lllll, maybe I should wait until those Ohio votes get recounted :@)  ) I can find it in my tiny heart to turn up the heat on what I perceive are the very glaring faults of the Bush Administration. I believe that this will become a highlight of the Libercontrarian's new focus!

I'm sure that Ralph, Howard, and my other liberal readers will find future columns amusing, and that some of my more Republican (note that I didn't say CONSERVATIVE) friends will be found unsmiling at their computer monitors. As always, I encourage feedback, especially the kind that disagrees with me.