I know, I hate politics and used to ream people for posting about it at Cruel instead of Drudge.  I just want to share this post I found on Craigslist yesterday.  It is hilarious, and made me laugh.

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JOUST your way out of the recession!

Job losses, the subprime mortgage meltdown, oil prices, the devaluation of the dollar, and Ron Paul's push for presidency leave we Americans with little doubt that a recession is upon us.

But do we really need objective economic data to tell us that our economy is flagging?

Of course not.

Our good friends at network television have provided a quick and simple litmus test to inform us all that we are indeed heading straight down the shitter:

American Gladiators!

(horns: da da da da da DA! DA DA DA DA!!)

American Gladiators first aired on September 16, 1989, when we Americans were under the auspices of George Herbert JayJay Walker Bush's only term. Fueled by the patriotism and spandex-enhanced violence of the series, America would proceed to fuck up Panama in December of that year and Iraq the following year. Meanwhile the American economy shit itself, leading to Bill Clinton's election upon the platform "It's the economy, stupid!" in 1992. He would go on to lead America into an era of prosperity while at the same time forcing us all to ask the question: does getting a hummer from some slut qualify as sex? And why does it even fucking matter?

This is an aside -- but weren't things pretty tied down during the Clinton administration? Look, if I'm doing well, my neighbor is doing well, and folks I know aren't dying in a made-up war -- I don't give a damn what the President is doing with his dick. You could have a channel devoted to the nightly Presidential facial where, each night, the President would be fellated by foreign women while wearing bibs made out of their country's flag and it wouldn't make a lick of difference to me. Also, that might perhaps be the most shining example of patriotism possible. After all, it's easier to explain to my kids that adults suck on each other's genitals than it is to explain to them why an entire generation is dying off for no good reason.

Or, maybe not:
Daddy, why do people have sex? Because it feels good.
Daddy, why do our soldiers have to die without cause? Because our leaders aren't having sex.

But let's get back to the point: The American Gladiators Index. That's what it is. And it tells me and you that hey, guess what -- we're all in it for the economic fucking of our lives. "Yeah! Joust that motherfucker into the water, Titan," I'll yell in an attempt to sublimate the pain. "Nice shoulder block, Turbo! Woooo!" I'll declare while withdrawing my money from the bank and buying more guns.

Aside number two: I was driving and I saw a billboard that said simply -- Is peace possible without prayer? And I thought to myself: you conservative christians elected the President, so I suppose that prayer really doesn't have much to do with peace, now, does it?

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/ … 95947.html

Last edited by Roger_That (2008-01-10 16:48:11)