Time marches on.

And they say you can’t turn back the clock.

Poppycock.

Anyone who has ever enjoyed that extra hour of sleep the morning after daylight savings time ends knows that’s a bald-faced lie.

And figuratively speaking, we can also turn back the clock. Unlike the lower species, man is capable of learning from his mistakes. Not only can we retrain ourselves not to repeat a false step, we can actually retrace our steps and correct our missteps.

The last eight years under Bill Clinton have been largely time misspent…at least on the "macro," national policy level.

While it may be true we can’t pretend such treasonous actions as the sale of nuclear missile technology for campaign contributions never happened, there are actionable items that our new President, George W. Bush, can and should pursue.

In some cases, he already is.

We applaud Bush for seeking to overturn Clinton’s last-ditch, aggressive, environmental actions, placing large sections of land on the list of off-limits, protected, national monuments.

Reversing the largest tax hikes in the history of our nation by restoring more money to the people who rightfully earned it is more than politically smart, it’s morally correct.

Ending the confiscatory estate tax is making progress.

Rebuilding our military should receive and is receiving the attention it deserves, at last, after two terms of widespread Clintonian decay.

We welcome the nomination of staunch, conservative Christians to positions of influence like Attorney General John Ashcroft.

The energy needs of our nation are being addressed with new discussions on the place of nuclear power, the construction of new pipelines and the exploration for fresh petroleum reserves at home, where we don’t have to bow and grovel begging foreign dignitaries for an extra cup of crude.

We’ve decided to scrap provisions of the Kyoto environmental treaty that only penalize large industrial nations like the United States.

Things are already changing for the better since Bush took office.

But while we’re in the process of reversing years of Clinton excesses, let’s not leave out cleaning up the moral rot that still clings to virtually every vestige of government.

Whether or not we agree with President Bush that public funds should go toward religious community initiatives under the system he advocates, we support his willingness to revive the faith-based sector of our society.

While we’re at it, here’s a suggestion. Let’s encourage our President to really turn back the clock and renew the debate over public funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.

If you want to cut fat out of the budget, here’s one great place to start.

Our Constitution may provide for freedom of speech…but it does not require that our tax dollars be used to pay for anyone’s speech. Especially when the contents of that speech are too vile and vulgar to be displayed in mixed company.

Depictions of bullwhips emerging from excretory orifices and crucifixes immersed in urine have never deserved a penny of my tax money.

During the past year, Congress actually increased the NEA budget by seven million dollars to a total of 105 million.

I demand a rebate.

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