Dave Barry weighs in with his take on the whole of 2008...
a small sample:
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FEBRUARY . . .
when, amid much fanfare, Congress passes, and President Bush signs, an "economic stimulus package" under which the federal government will give taxpayers back several hundred dollars apiece of their own money, the idea being that they will use this money to revive the U.S. economy by buying television sets that were made in China. This will seem much more comical in the fall."
more here:
The Year in Review - washingtonpost.com