See Alice?
The brilliant journalist Barbara Ehrenreich opined recently [http://www.alternet.org.story/74595] and hilariously, “With all the talk about how to stimulate it, you’d think that the economy is a giant clitoris.” She says in “Clitoral Economics” that the challenge for the Fed’s Ben Bernanke is “how best to get the economy engorged and throbbing again.”
Ain’t gonna happen with that stubbly beard.
While the island of Manhattan fantasizes itself the epi-center of the financial world and does indeed look clitoral nestled between the vulvar folds of New Jersey and Long Island, this economy has nothing to do with that sweet bud of pleasure.
This economy, shrunken from an addiction to the steroids of tax cuts, a dependence on the acujack of sub-prime mortgages and the Viagra of war spending, is more penile than clitoral. How’s that for a gender card? And what goes up must come down. Except that we’ve been the main party animal/sex addict at the global orgy and when we step out of the daisy chain to get some lube or take a nap, everybody gets freaked.
This is so much fun. I’ve got a million of ‘em. Is that a stimulus package or are you just happy to see me? You know the wide stance joke is coming. If it’s been up more than four years, call your doctor.
Unless it’s President Curveball. Instead of putting money into unemployment insurance, or into states to help them balance budgets, which they must do, unlike some people I know, George is giving everybody a parting rebate check, like it’s his money he’s throwing around. And he’s giving that post-911 spiel about going out and buying more mountains of things. It’s patriotic.
Sometimes I don’t know whether to laugh, cry or burn the furniture.
January 26, 2008 @ 4:05 am
Kate, I have been doing my homework on Hillary and have learned she is a Yale grad, top of her class, could have made a million at some corporate law firm but did not, served the poor and legal services and when she did work for Walmart, worked there during the time of Sam Walton who believed in America unlike his his selfish kids. Instead of free trade she is now talking about smart trade, which I like too and she is trying to keep Bush from making a deal with Iraq that would keep us there lots longer. I like her better now. She is smart and has a heart. I wish honestly though that you were running for President, you are just too brilliant.
January 26, 2008 @ 2:13 pm
I will be looking forward to my rebate check as I enjoyed the one he sent me at the beginning of his first term. After all, we gays are in the upper income brackets and have more disposable income. I will send him a “Thank You” note as I did before and let him know that his money was well spend – as a donation to a Democratic Candidate!