if one considers the last 8 years as an american having lived in hell, and
if one considers that in washington its 12 degrees while in bismarck its minus-40' . . . one might then reason that hell has frozen over.
pigs may not have flown, elvis may not really be alive and cats may never learn to read, (though it appears they could)  . . . . and yet a member of our union has tested the formula of the republic to see if it was real.
the second coming may not be upon us, yet with hell freezing a single wish has been fulfilled.
we may have had our 'lord protector of america' hold sway over us for 8 years
-- whose temperament was boyish, whose attitude was cavalier and whose spoken cadence was like that of a water spigot -- and yet when hell froze over, a man of fine intellect went to the white house.
our parents never thought it would happen and told us so. 
our children laugh at us because we let a drop roll from our eyes, but
when hell froze over, jefferson's earnest question will have been answered as it was once by john adams.
with the vote,
we have peacefully,
put a dagger,
in the heart,
of our dark angels