Ten Best Things to Happen in 2007

The Rational Romantic's Ten Best Things to Happen in 2007 (and what they mean):

1. Al Gore awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (elevating environmental concerns straight to the top)

2. Alberto Gonzales resigns as Attorney General (making mendacity, duplicitousness and obfuscation no longer resume builders)

3. China outed as the worst polluter on the planet (19 out of 20 most polluted cities are in China)

4. China outed as the worst producer of toys for children (one word: LEAD)

5. Oil closes in on $100 a barrel (finally, alternative clean energy looks cost-effective)

6. California passes most aggressive ever environmental regulation for automobiles (forcing George Bush to 'veto' clean air)

7. Publication of God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens ("an unrelenting enumeration of religion's sins and wickedness")

8. Barack Obama for President (that he could happen at all says we're ready to move onward and upward)

9. Hillary Clinton for President (finally, a serious and viable candidate of the opposite gender. Can you say Madam President?)

10. George Clooney/Nicole Kidman (you need an explanation?)