President Bush’s final words as he left the recent G8 summit?:

“Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter.”

The UK’s Daily Telegraph reports what happened next:

“He then punched the air while grinning widely, as the rest of those present including Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock.”

Yes, folks, that’s the President of the United States, fist in the air and a leering grin while making a joke about one of the most destructive problems in human history. It’s beyond embarrassing for Americans. As Bush (and Cheney) wind down their last few months in office in belligerent, obnoxious, screw-you-Americans style, it’s ever clearer how they really feel about the whole “leading the country” thing.

And the G8 summit? Criticized by nearly everyone as an utter failure on addressing the problem.