Bush Hates My Vacation

Clearly, because the euro is now worth $1.60 as I write this. Mary and I are going to Italy this fall, as we did two years ago when the euro was worth approximately $1.30, so this hurts.

Not that this price increase is a deal-breaker, but really, it's almost like the powers that be want to keep us Americans locked up inside our own borders. Maybe it's because Bush knows how hated we are abroad, but I really wish that he could find a way to be hated without increasing the price of my pasta (and hotel and airfare and everything else) by 20%.