George W. Bush is Back!

In breaking news from The Onion, long missing former U.S. President George W. Bush was actually in Tibet on a spiritual journey. This comes as a relief to we who would not succumb to the cynical view the Republicans -- and Mitt Romney in particular -- had hid him away so that the stupidity of his Presidency in general and creation of the economic crisis we're in specifically would not be in the public eye.

As the Onion explains (and I mangle), quoting Bush in part:

By his own account, Bush trekked across the Tibetan countryside for several months before deciding to devote his life to the study and teaching of transcendental meditation, later spending a year in seclusion during which he scaled Himalayan peaks while “guided only by the loudly whispering wind and harsh, merciless snow.” Sources reported the famed Republican is missing three toes from frostbite he suffered during his travels before mastering the ability to raise and lower his body temperature at will.

“I am but a gently falling leaf, buoyed by mountain winds,” the 66-year-old former Texas governor continued. “To see the way forward is to be connected to your own reality and be one with your consciousness—complete and pure, unburdened and without want."

We are all thankful for his return and eager for him to continue to share his wisdom with us.