Economists in the Mist

Crap. Just when I thought it was safe to be stupid and oblivious, along comes another political bru ha ha. Didn't I just vote? The election's over, I wanted to have friends again. Peace and love dude. But no, the battle lines are drawn, guns raised and it's every ARMCHAIR ECONOMIST for himself. Opinions are flying, and fingers pointing. They're slinging words fast and furiously, "inflation, stagflation, recession, depression, New Deal, old deal, no deal... my head's spinning off. "Quick hide it's a Keynesian"! And trust me I have no freaking idea who or what that is....I'm just hiding. "Uh oh a monetarist is in our midst"! Again, "a what"? And do I need to be vaccinated? Everyone has an opinion about the economy and they're pissy, pissy,pissy. Hey, like "can't we all just get along"?

No. I watched the Sunday morning talk shows and at the risk of never having friends again, I agreed with everyone: Newt Gingrich, Robert Reich, Claire Shipman, and George Will. Btw, I have no clue what they were talking about and I might have had a fever. Just out of curiousity, has anyone seen Hank Paulson lately? The little trickster, I bet he's hiding out with Rummy. They sure were fun. Thanks boys, you did a heck of a job.

It's 2009, I wanted peace and quiet, a political vacuum to call my own. I longed to watch Leave It to Beaver re-runs, The Brady Bunch, and have a bake sale, but I can't because... I'm not feeling the love.