How Sweet It Is

By Zamboni

It's been almost a week since the election, and every day something new dawns on us.

Something else that's going to get fixed, or put right, once George W. Bush leaves the White House.

There are so many, it's taking us a long time to wrap our little cat heads around them.

Our first thought, of course, was an end to the war in Iraq. Then we remembered that we no longer had to be worried about Republican appointments to the Supreme Court. Now, this morning, we've been reminded of more.

Guantanamo Bay is expected to close, and the people incarcerated there will finally get a chance to face their accusers under American law. We cats are especially relieved on behalf of all the poor slobs (and you know they're there) who are completely innocent but who've never had the opportunity to defend themselves. We're tired of our government behaving like something out of The Count of Monte Cristo.

And the Obama team already is reviewing Bush policies that the President-elect can reverse by executive order immediately upon being sworn in — including drilling for oil in environmentally sensitive areas, restrictions on stem-cell research, and the ridiculous global gag rule.

It's been a long eight years of darkness, but we cats can finally start to see the light. And we PURR.