(Virtual, non-existent yet) maximum card: Year of the Rat, or Year of the Flat(-Broke)?

(Future?) maximum card: Year of the Rooster (should I say Cock?), or Year of the Booster (which World Leader will be the Booster of the Economy?)

(Future?) maximum card: Year of the Dragon, or Year of the Draggin' (your feet, from paycheck to paycheck)?

MC: Year of the Tiger, or Year of the Geiger(-Müller counter, a type of particle detector that measures ionizing radiation -> nuclear attacks)?

Maximum card: Year of the Monkey, or Year of the Money - gone, baby, gone...

Maximum card: Year of the Snake, or Year of the Brake (and Break - of the world economy)?

Maximum card: Year of the Dog, or Year of the Fog (in finance, etc.)?

Maximum card: 2009, a great year for the auto industry!

Maximum card: Year of the Ox, or Year of the Cow (or Year of the Sox/Sucks - the world economy)?

What kind of year is 2009?

Maximum card: Year of the Horse, or Year of the Worse (economy)?

Maximum card: Year of the Rabbit, or Year of the (Damn it - recession)?

Maximum card: Year of the Ram, or Year of the Scam (so many...)?

In Vietnam, it's Year of the Goat (or 2009 is Year of the Scapegoat? :) )

Maximum card: Year of the Pig, or Year of the Pig Flu?