I've been trying to keep up with the plethora of discussions about all the cabinet positions that will be filled in President Obama's administration. As a proud tree-hugger, I've been wondering why one particular name hasn't surfaced yet in any of the write-ups that I've seen.
So...let me suggest Al Gore as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(And let me express my regrets that I didn't have the presence of mind to whip out my cellphone and take a picture of the beautiful African-American women of a certain age, resplendent in their Sunday church hats, high-fiving the guys with nose rings and mohawks outside the punk-rock bar a block down from the victory party in Baltimore.)