Nancy Morgan's take on the week that was.

The inauguration of Barack Obama has ushered in a shocking new era of incivility. From Obama's inauguration speech that castigated President Bush, to the boos and hisses directed at Bush as he took the inauguration stage, to the rude comments made by Nancy Pelosi and pals, to the defacement of a Bush monument in Texas, to the disrespectful new White House web site, the Left showed that they are as rude in triumph as they are in defeat.

The media chimed in with editorial writers around the world taking their final printed whacks at Bush, accusing the president of tarnishing America's standing with arrogant and incompetent leadership.  This is the Left's idea of unity and bipartisanship. This is my idea of being raised with no manners. BTW: Thank-you, President Bush. You will be missed.

GOOD NEWS:

The old media, led by the New York Times, is in its death throes. NYT bonds were downgraded to junk status. The gray lady is trying to mortgage some of its property and has succeeded in obtaining $250M (at 14% interest) from a Mexican millionaire. Despite the bleeding, the Times still refuses to acknowledge the existence of the 60 million Americans who didn't vote for Obama. RIP. 

More than two-thirds of African-Americans believe Martin Luther King, Jr.'s vision for race relations has been fulfilled, a CNN poll found — a figure up sharply from a survey in early 2008. This should mean that it is no longer necessary to lower our voices when discussing race.

More good news on the global warming front. A recent poll suggests the Global Warming Alarmist-in-Chief Al Gore is losing his propaganda war to convince Americans carbon dioxide is destroying the planet. A full 59% now question his theory that man is responsible. Just so.

CULTURE:

One of Obama's first acts called for the repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), as well as the extension of federal marriage benefits and adoption rights to homosexual couples. Oh, and he also reversed US abortion funding policy.

In an effort to combat "homophobia," a Wisconsin public school teacher implemented a 38-day regimen explicitly designed to change the minds of students who did not view homosexuality as equal to heterosexuality.

A gay Dallas man who married his husband in 2006 when they lived in Massachusetts has filed what is believed to be Texas' first same-sex divorce petition.

The Illinois moment of silence in public schools has been ruled unconstitutional, and the Supreme Court killed an Internet pornography law.

A Spanish woman made medical history recently by receiving a new windpipe which had been grown from her own stem cells. Meanwhile, the FDA has approved the first embryonic stem cell trials.

Not to worry, things could be worse. In Dundee, Boys Scouts will be able to pledge allegiance to ‘Allah' and drop the traditional oath to God and Queen. And in the UK, efforts are underway to expose children as young a five to the joys of homosexual sex – with taxpayer money, no less. I yearn for the good old days when sex was kept in the bedroom. Sigh.

In keeping with the never-ending "your sex in my face" culture, aging diva Madonna, strapped, wrapped and laced herself into a very improbable outfit to promote her 11th studio album, Hard Candy. Good thing shame is no longer in vogue.

The experts, once again, demonstrate their firm grasp of the obvious as a new 'study' has found that the pleasure women get from making love is directly linked to the size of their partner's bank balance. Duh. Apparently the wealthier a man is, the more frequently his partner has orgasms. (Or fakes them, as the case may be.) 

A Texas high school girls basketball team on the winning end of a 100-0 game has a case of blowout remorse (for winning). Now officials from the winning school say they are trying to do the right thing by seeking a forfeit and apologizing for the margin of victory. Apologizing??

A convicted cocaine dealer will be re-sentenced after a judge called his girlfriend a "baby mama" and asked whether she belonged to a club of women who date unemployed men.

MOST IDIOTIC STATEMENTS OF THE WEEK:

Nancy Pelosi said that "birth-control will help the economy."

Harry Reid: "You can't listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done," he told GOP lawmakers, effectively excluding and invalidating the 20 million people a day that listen to Rush. Larry King, 75, while interviewing Bob Woodward gushed: "My younger son Cannon, he is eight. And he now says that he would like to be black. I'm not kidding. He said there's a lot of advantages. Black is in. Is this a turning of the tide?"

Ali Wentworth (wife of ABC News' George Stephanopoulos) on "Oprah": We watched everything and George was still doing all the anchoring for ABC and as soon Beyonce said "At Last…" George called me at home and he went, "Honey?" and I said "I know!" and we both started crying.

Aaargh! I can't take it anymore. Before I sign off, I offer some suggestions. Check out 10 Ways Conservatives Can Fight Back.

Till next week, try to keep smiling.