Comments on: Oh! What A Tangled Web We Weave

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:39:15 +0000

They keep chanting their mantra, Badtux, and no one calls them on it. It is frustrating when you live in an area that is in trouble. My area has been used to 2% unemployment because of construction, and now we have caught up with the rest of the country.

I’m starting to hear it a lot of civil service people down here, Jack. People are really uncertain what is going to happen, because the state and local governments are starting to lay people off. The Federal civil service people are wondering if they will be next, and many have mortgages on homes that had inflated values when they were bought. People who were planning to retire based in large part on the value of their homes, are in trouble.

By: Jack K., the Grumpy Forester

Jack K., the Grumpy Forester — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:03:21 +0000

...Mrs Jack K. mentioned to me late last fall that we should sell our 19-foot camp trailer and the old dinosaur-chewing F 250 that has been my long and much-beloved tow vehicle because of the fuel costs that have so profoundly affected our RV use over the last couple of years. My argument is quite simply that we may want to hold on on to the only pieces of real property to which we actually hold free and clear title, just in case things go horribly and absolutely south... Times are pretty bad when two decades-long permanent full-time federal employees are having these sorts of discussions.... Jack K., the Grumpy Forester´s last blog post..The Ineffable Power Of Paybacks

By: Badtux

Badtux — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:56:37 +0000

A Democrat and a Republican were looking at a horse called Economy and why it was not moving. “It’s sick,” the Democrat said. “We need to take it to the vet and have him looked at and find out what’s wrong with him.” “No no,” the Republican replied, “he’s just lazy. I’ll beat him with my big stick called Tax Cut and he’ll be back out there ploughing the field in no time.” So the Republican started beating the horse with the big stick called Tax Cut. An hour or so later and the Democrat walked around to the front of the horse and noted, “He’s not breathing. I think he’s dead.” The Republican replied, “no, he’s just pining for the fjords. If I beat him some more with my big stick called Tax Cut, he’ll be out there ploughing the field in a jiffy.” A few hours after that, the Democrat opened Economy’s mouth, and noted flies buzzing out. “This Economy is rotting,” the Democrat said, and the Republican said “I guess I’ll have to beat him with my big stick called Tax Cut even more, then.” The Democrat shook his head and said, “You’re beating a dead horse, dude! You killed the Economy by not taking him to the vet and getting what ailed him fixed!” Then the Republican glared at the Democrat and said, “You’re not being bipartisan. We have to both beat Economy with this big stick called Tax Cut or you’re just a hater.” And that is where we’re at right now.

– Badtux the Parable Penguin