Barack Hussein Obama is the president of the United States. And George "Chimpy" Bush is not.

It's like getting two presents at once.

The speech was quite moving - and I agree with it, except, perhaps, that I'm cynical about the American people these days. We are, in the end, quite a hard-working people, but we also want to get paid for it - and paid well.

We'll see.

Also, thank what gods there may be that that poem is over.