I would not be devastated if Tai Shan left the National Zoo for China.

I'll tell you what does devastate -- DEVASTATE! -- me.

It is seeing the ugly face of Darth DickCheney Vader, LYING to all of us. It just devastates me to be reminded of the eight long dreary years of total nightmare and tyranny that we all endured under the illegal and totally corrupt Bush/Cheney regime of thugs and cronies.

I am, though, comforted in my devastation by reminding myself that we NOW have a WONDERFUL President -- Barack Obama -- who, despite inheriting a terrible mess, is doing all he can to restore America to its once-lost values.