Also looking forward to not being confronted with those maddening Bush-Cheney '04 bumper stickers everywhere I go.

Am thinking about getting an "I'm Sorry my President is an Idiot" tattoo before I go, just so no one feels compelled to beat me to a bloody pulp in retribution for my country's sins. But then I don't know who the next president will be, and if it's Obama I'd have to have the tattoo removed. Maybe the tattoo should have a picture of Bush's head with the caption "I'm Sorry Bush is an Idiot" and then I could keep it forever. Of course the huge down side to that would be having Bush's face on my arm forever. Sigh. I suppose I won't get any tattoos after all.