$700,000,000,000.00: the price tag of the bailout. HG told me that if I was alive with Jesus, and, making $1,000,000.00-a-day – I still wouldn’t have earned the bailout amount. Gite Bebe says that as long as the Brits are our Buds (and don’t forget that they are one-of-two-countries still on the gold standard) – we will weather this storm. This does make some sense – as the Brits are still the biggest landowners in the U.S. – but I hear that they are having money troubles of their own.
The Italian finance minister (or prime minister?) suggests that the U.S. economy is nothing more than one, big, pyramid scheme – which he likens to 1997 Albania. I know nothing of the Albanian economy – but – I have long sensed that there was something not-quite-right with the way Americans have lived their lives: conspicuously consuming, and greedy beyond belief. And the term “greed” – as the root of our problems — is now being echoed by every pundit and large-breasted media host across the land (please tell me that Katy Couric’s boobs are the real deal!?). And speaking of boobs – Sarah Palin is the perfect paradox of the Ugly American – ugly she ain’t – but stone-fucking dumb she is: creating an ugly contradiction.
And who is going to back the $700,000,000,000.00?! The Brits? The Arabs?? The Chinese??? They already hold American debt up their WAZOOS. Can we just keep giving it to them and perpetuatr our lifestyle? Anything is possible…Hell! If Sarah Palin becomes one heartbeat from the White House – then you know anything is possible.
I had some fun with my Bad Boyz today – suggesting that they would all be conscripted into the military – and, that they would have computer chips implanted in them that would cause them to explode if they attempted to “cut and run.” They seemed to sense the gravity of the American situation. I also suggested that the overweight ladz put more muscle on – as muscle is much more difficult to “cut and chew” than fat is.
I don’t know if I should get “Timothy Leary” with any of my students, however. I have 4 tiers of them: My Bad Boyz are the first tier – and could be the smartest of the bunch. I get to cuss with them ad nauseam. My Pierce students would be the second tier – and they (as a group) will not tolerate my long monologues or tirades quite as long as the third tier (the Bad Boyz give you 20 seconds to monologue): my undergrad CSUN students – who are hoping to become teachers in a system that is on the verge of imploding. And the fourth tier, why the fourth tier are my grad students hoping to get a Master’s Degree in some domain of counseling. They all seem ready for some mystical experience. Anything to shake them out of the doldrums Americana has created for them. I DID manage to scare the shit out-of-them-too – when I told them that nothing can ruin the mental health quicker than a good recession/depression. So let’s face it folks…Americans are only good at one thing: putting on the big event: whether it be a football game; making a movie; the high school prom; or, a war. And in every big American event – we have winners and losers (and losers get bad attitudes). We have certainly managed to export wars; we haven’t been so successful in exporting American football — and proms aren’t such a good moneymaker; but, we have exported entertainment: the world LOVES Hollywood. So Steven (Spielberg) why did you ditch us for Bollywood? Like Gates and Buffet before you…you guys may be the ugliest of Americans.