Why I look forward to January 20th

My favorites from: http://www.nationaljournal.com

Hire based on merit
Deliver fireside chats online
Try to toughen rules on animal feeding operations
Strengthen anti-monopoly laws
Create rural revitalization program
Clean up the Justice Department
Toughen hate crime laws
Work to lift ban on gays serving openly in the military
Penalize vote fraud
Make criminal justice system trustworthy
Ban racial profiling
Safeguard all nuclear material within four years
Keep nonproliferation commitment
Strengthen nonproliferation treaty
Stop development of new nuclear weapons
Support a global education fund
Ban torture
Close Guantanamo Bay detention center
Provide soldiers with necessary equipment
Set fixed term for director of national intelligence
Strengthen civilian agencies
Give National Guard appropriate equipment, rest
Make cyber-security a federal priority
Increase regulation of financial industry
Add consumer credit protections
Reform bankruptcy laws
Issue annual education progress report
Include more technology in public schools
Provide tuition assistance to students who perform community service
Recruit science and technology teachers
Provide pay raises for teachers and principals
Coordinate with local officials to improve education
Improve No Child Left Behind
Lower dropout rate
End American dependence on foreign oil in ten years
Double renewable energy within four years
Reduce electricity demand by 15 percent in ten years
Require government vehicles to have flexible-fuel tanks
Create new green-collar jobs
Help U.S. automaker adapt
Work to solve energy crisis
Reduce oil consumption
Help manufacturers go green
Require 25 percent of electricity to come from renewable resources
Double fuel economy standards
Increase protections for whistleblowers
Be open with American people
Restrict lobbyists
Put agency meetings with lobbyists online
Put federal spending information online
Post bills online before signing them
Require Cabinet members to hold broadband town hall meetings
Disclose regulatory conversations between officials and outsiders
Withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq
Not build permanent bases in Iraq
Provide more non-military aid to Afghanistan
Tie strings to aid to Pakistan
Boost U.S. humanitarian efforts
End restrictions on Cuban-Americans
Pursue diplomacy with Iran
Work for two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Work to make China play by the rules
Stop genocide in Darfur
Restore earmark spending to pre-1994 levels
Cut federal contract spending by at least 10 percent
Cut waste in federal budget
Reinstate PAYGO
Provide universal health care
Spend $10 billion a year on implementing electronic health system
Require children to be insured
Place moratorium on foreclosures
Change bankruptcy laws
Crack down on mortgage fraud
Secure borders but implement process for illegal immigrants to become citizens
Crack down on employers who hire illegal immigrants
Invest $60 billion in infrastructure
Increase minimum wage every year
Try to ban permanent replacement of strikers
Expand Family Medical Leave Act
Won't sign trade pacts lacking labor and environmental standards
Expand civilian service corps
Provide every American broadband access
Expand high-speed Internet access in rural area
Work to lower drug costs
Preserve Social Security, block privatization
Ensure taxes don't go up for families with incomes lower than $250,000
Remove capital gains taxes for small businesses
Update Veterans Affairs hospital system
Fully fund VA
Establish standards for caring for brain-injured veterans

Let's hope that Time's Person of the Year 2008 can live up to our standards.