I am hoping, Mr. President Obama. I am hoping that everyone read Ted Rall's opinion piece yesterday: That's It?     If Bushies Escape Justice, What's Left of the U.S.?, (as I couldn't agree more, Ted!).

I am hoping that you, Mr. President, (since you say you want accountability in America), will appoint a Special Counsel / Independent Prosecutor to find out who broke International Laws during the last eight years and extradite them to The Hague. (I am hoping, but I'm not holding my breath.)

I also agree with the thought that if people act shamelessly and shamefully, as the last administration did by disregarding Habeus Corpus and Rights to Privacy and the Geneva Conventions, not to mention outing CIA agents for political purposes, or bankrupting the nation for personal greed, that perhaps we ought to Bring Back the Stocks, as Paul Begala wrote yesterday. (Let me know, Paul, I'll save a rotten egg for each of them!)

(Lastly, I'd like to wish a "Happy 23rd", to my brother Peter...)