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Quote of the day: "The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons" - Ralph Waldo EmersonResearch Topic: Goldline
President Obama, Timothy Geithner, and Ben Bernanke need to call a press conference and tell the truth: Free Market Capitalism as, we Americans have known it, is dead. Precious catch phrases and dogma won't fix this, motivate us, or magically heal the economy: trickle down, supply side, and the "Invisible Hand" are also dead as door-nails...At this moment in the conversation is when I get called a Communist, a Socialist, a f*ggot (I'm not gay, but sometimes I wish I was - it could make playing golf a lot more interesting) and worst of all - a progressive! Someone will inevitably start quipping: "How about that Nancy Pelosi" - snigger, snarful, cough, or they use the slang for felattio, me, and Fidel Castro in the same sentence, or "I bet he wants to sniff Hugo Chavez's and Vaclav Havel's shorts" - maybe not this one, the young blond on 'The View' has alerted everyone that Chavez doesn't wear underwear and, Vaclav Havel...probably not. The tragedy of all this is while their exuberantly slapping each other on the back, amazed at their insight and wit - their children's and grandchildren's home and future is headed for toiletville: climate change-shlimate change, regulation-smegulation, dumbass -uh,uh...what? Yep you got it. Unfortunately Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, and Gandhi are also dead.
But seriously folks, what are we going to do? A generation of Nero's; fiddles at the ready, and big screens screaming - Hey I have a great idea - Why don't we have an all-out honest national discussion about it? Naw, that makes for bad T.V..I got it, let's have a new reality show called "BECKARAMA". The first episode will have Barney Frank & Dick Armey tied together at the ankles on an island - whataya think so far?...and as the episode goes on...The Right Rev. John Hagee wearing a solid gold speedo (purchased from Goldline of course) and Chris Matthews (Hardball), in tasteful baggies, likewise joined will try to feverishly paddle big chalkboards across an elegant swimming pool towards a virgin bachelorette.
Naw, we need something much more original - Yes I've got it - how about Glenn Beck standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August the 28th with 300,000 adoring fans cheering him on like some kind of prophet...absolutely not - nobody would believe it.
