Sic transit gloria 109th Congress.

[longship]

At this minute, 4:43 AM EST, the Senate has adjourned.

This is the way the 109th Congress ends
This is the way the 109th Congress ends
This is the way the 109th Congress ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

...a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

Adjournment Sine Die

Add your metaphors and observations here.

[namvet73]

1. Happy Happy Joy Joy!

Go to
http://www.bitstorm.org/happyjoy/
play and sing along!

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[longship]

2. The wicked witch is dead.

She's dead, Jim.

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. It may be passing, but there certainly wasn't much glory there.

Ignominy and shame aplenty, but nothing you could call "glorious" (except for this passing, that is).

[soothsayer]

4. My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look upon my Works,

ye Mighty,and despair!

[kentuck]

5. We came...we saw....

we shit in our pants. :)

[Canuckistanian]

6. Worst. Congress. Evah.

The 109th Congress is so bad that it makes you wonder if democracy is a failed experiment. I think that if the Framers went to Capitol Hill today, it would shake their confidence in the system they created. Congress has become an exercise of raw power with no principles — and in that environment corruption has flourished. The Republicans in Congress decided from the outset that their future would be inextricably tied to George Bush and his policies. It has become this sad session of members sitting down and drinking Kool-Aid delivered by Karl Rove. Congress became a mere extension of the White House. - Jonathan Turley, Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, George Washington Law School.

[annabanana]

7. Never have so few

Done so much harm
To so many
So quickly



(recommended to commemorate the moment of its passing)

[Patsy Stone]

8. Never have I been more pleased

to see Congress adjourn.

:toast: