I sure hope you're hungry

Congratulations, President Obamccain. Here is the commemorative pile of fiscal shit we've cooked up for you to swallow during your first term.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The next president will inherit a record budget deficit approaching $490 billion, a Bush administration official said Monday.

The official said the deficit was being driven to an all-time high by the sagging economy and the stimulus payments being made to 130 million households in an effort to keep the country from falling into a deep recession. A deficit approaching $490 billion would easily surpass the record deficit of $413 billion set in 2004.

Honestly, we had no idea this would happen. I mean, who'd have thought that deep tax cuts, the bloated spending of patronage politics, and burying $560 billion (and growing!) in the desert would create a financially tenuous situation?

But we got us into this mess, so the least we can do is help sort it out. Why, I bet if we all just sit down and roll up our sleeves we could-- HOLY SHIT, WHAT IS THAT?!-- (door slams, heavy footsteps, sound of tires squealing).