From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE...

Dear Santa,

Hey there, Jolly One. Here's my annual wish list. Most of these are basically unchanged from the last five years. Gimme gimme gimme...

Our troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan
A short winter
Federal civil rights for GLBT Americans, including marriage
Someone to fix the damn pothole on the I-295 on-ramp (southbound)
Osama's capture
George Clooney-scented Downy
Honest answers
An energy policy that sets the standard for the rest of the world
Traditional media editorial boards and pundits who give us valid reasons to care about what they think
Time travel!
Decriminalization of marijuana
New healthcare legislation that shows we're smarter and more compassionate than the rest of the industrialized world
Ten million good-paying jobs with benefits
Strict, unwavering corporate oversight, especially among the banksters, so that we don’t teeter on the brink of a second Great Depression again
A new snack food from Frito-Lay: Cheetos wrapped in bacon and covered in fudge...in both a regular and "lite" version
Fundamentalist Christian church leaders who pray to God instead of trying to play God
An end to arrogance

And since I have a snowball's chance in hell of getting any of that, I'll settle for becoming a Na'vi avatar.  (With a loincloth, please, on account of I'm shy.)

Sincerely,

Bill in Portland Maine
American-flag Lapel Pin Wearer

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