I won’t make personal quips at President Bush because I’m not Janeane Garofalo and I fear patriotic backlash by the readers (two people out there) who scan over this. Nonetheless, the controversy surrounding the war itself was cause for a media spark. Are there weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? Did it really matter? Couldn’t Bush have just said at the State of the Union Address: “Look, I don’t like Saddam. I don’t think you do, either. Saddam doesn’t like us. So, can’t we just have a huge Texas rumble?” And then, all the Republicans would stand up and give a rousing applause. But, it didn’t exactly work out that way, and suddenly after months of speculation, and Hans Blix becoming a worldwide superstar, the Allied forces were off to war.

The war pretty much went as expected. We rushed in, beat the crap out of their army, tore down a Saddam statue, and helped Baghdad into tons of chaos. Subsequently, Saddam’s sons, Uday and Qusay, fatally fell to the forces as well, and we got to see graphic photos of them. How enjoyable.

But, what made Bush and Saddam earn their spot in the HALL was not necessarily just who they are, but due to the media’s over exposure of them (as it seems to be the case with all HALL inductees) and the various stupidity that swarmed out of the war. First, of course, was “freedom fries,” which speaks for itself. After the enactment of that, I know we all were saying, “Well, I think I’m going to pop in this freedom bread and make some freedom toast, and then I’ll head downstairs to watch the Freedom Open Tennis Tournament. I hope Sebastian Grosjean wins. He’s from Freedom Land. And, as for Chirac, he can freedom kiss my ass.” Not to mention those awesome Iraqi ministry playing cards which were helpful for the soldiers, but not for average American citizens to have. “Ohh, I think I see Chemical Ali over there playing bingo!” said a Florida citizen in her retirement community while playing a game of Go Fish. Tack that on with the backlash against any celebrity who criticized the war, and the live, frequent media coverage on practically every cable news network, which made TV seem, well, depressing.

In the end, these two men were the cause of some difficult times, which, as it continues on now, make America seem not so much like America. There’s no doubt that Saddam is heading his way towards death (either through starvation, gunfire, or a number of bombs). And, it’s quite possible, the actions of the war coupled with the economical difficulties will lead George W. Bush out of the presidency in 2004 thus paving the way for Al Sharpton to enjoy the comfy seat in the Oval Office. Well, no matter what happens to Saddam and “Dubya,” they can know that they’ll live on side by side in THE HALL OF CRAP SANDWICH!