I've been taking a good look at links from YRHT and Atrios re: the big shitpile, the recession-that-must-never-be-called-such, the Bear Stearns bailout--damn, I oughta change my name to something that sounds Wall Street-ish, and demand some REAL money (not the chump change $300 rebate from the gubmit)--etc. etc. and so on, mixed in with the very surreal specter of Big Time (and Johnny Mac) in Baghdad, ghoulishly insisting it was all worth it (because nothing says "freedom" quite like mangled children)...anyway, it struck me that the last seven years really has been for a lot of people kind of like an extended stay at the carny...and now we're finally paying the price of too much funnel cake, fried food, Coca-cola, cotton candy, etc. Plus, all the money's been spent in pursuit of...a giant stuffed teddy bear, i.e., something of no consequence, but with the game rigged like it is, you can't even win that, and instead have to settle for some cheap ceramic trinket that you've got to cart around with you till it's time to stagger back to the car.
Seven years of empty calories, pointless games...and it only cost thousands of lives, hundreds of billions of dollars, our international reputation, and long term economic stability. Team Bush really did take us for suckers...and enough people, particularly in the media, were willing to ignore the consequences in exchange for...(I picture Tim Russert in all his glory here) mmmmm, FUNNEL CAKE, mmmmmm, cotton candy, mmmmmm, Corn Dog, mmmmmm, Coca-Cola, mmmmm, MORE FUNNEL CAKE...you get the picture--the ultimate instance of a guard dog called off by the cheapest of steaks.
Hope you enjoyed the rides and the games. When you wake up tomorrow the Midway is going to be...a vacant lot, maybe with some trash here and there...and the carny folks will have moved on. Suckers.
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