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Like most Homo sapiens with an IQ higher than the average Glenn Beck home viewer, my synapses can become strained with extraneous mush. Over time the pressure builds, and in order to have a clear head for the upcoming winter, my relief valve needs to be periodically opened.
Not long enough for anything important to fall out, mind you, but just enough decompression for rational thought to continue unabated.
First out of the chute are those who, every fall, promote the anti-global warming thesis (found daily on the Drudge Report) with such fascinating questions like, “If global warming is occurring, why is it getting so cold?”
Far be it from me to be labeled a know-it-all, but I'm pretty sure it is due to the tilt of the earth on its axis as we make our annual trip around the sun, periodically allowing for less sunshine on the Northern Hemisphere.
We call this phenomenon: seasons.
On the flip side, those constantly hyperventilating “green” need to learn the phrase “climate change” and realize the scientific facts point to climate change occurring regardless of the type of light bulbs they use or how many cows simultaneously burp each day.
Next are those who smugly proclaim capturing or killing Osama bin Laden to be THE definition of winning the war on terror.
Far be it from me to be a military strategist, but if that were true, then I need to understand why we began the “war” in Iraq. And since Osama bin Laden is not a member of the Taliban, why are we fighting the Taliban? Is it because they provided “training facilities” for jihadists within Afghanistan's borders?
Using that logic means we should immediately attack all Denver airport shuttle buses driven by men with bad beards.
Some take it even further, implying that if we stop attacking the Taliban then we have somehow forgotten 9/11 and all those who were so tragically murdered that horrific day. To this type of irrationality I can only say, well, I think I'll just lower my chin, close my eyes, bite my lip, and slowly sway my head from left to right.
And then we have the American economy.
Our long downhill financial slide began in earnest two years ago, and lasted a solid 18 months before any signs of a turnaround began to show. As with virtually all business cycles, the domino effect slowly began affecting the housing and retail sectors, but it was at least a year later before either began tanking with any measurable gusto. Following the same lag time behind the financials (which still have a long way to go before reaching pre-crash levels), we have at the very least another winter season to endure before housing, retail and unemployment hit bottom.
So why, oh why, do so many insist that on the day the Dow hit 10,000 every other sector of the American economy should have immediately turned around as well, but since it did not happen that way then obviously “Obama is a failure, and anyway he secretly wants to become a dictator and take away everybody's gun while forcing them to receive a flu shot, and he hates the dollar and white folk and god and was born in Kenya, and ... ”
Wow, talk about releasing mentally.
Not long enough for anything important to fall out, mind you, but just enough decompression for rational thought to continue unabated.
First out of the chute are those who, every fall, promote the anti-global warming thesis (found daily on the Drudge Report) with such fascinating questions like, “If global warming is occurring, why is it getting so cold?”
Far be it from me to be labeled a know-it-all, but I'm pretty sure it is due to the tilt of the earth on its axis as we make our annual trip around the sun, periodically allowing for less sunshine on the Northern Hemisphere.
We call this phenomenon: seasons.
On the flip side, those constantly hyperventilating “green” need to learn the phrase “climate change” and realize the scientific facts point to climate change occurring regardless of the type of light bulbs they use or how many cows simultaneously burp each day.
Next are those who smugly proclaim capturing or killing Osama bin Laden to be THE definition of winning the war on terror.
Far be it from me to be a military strategist, but if that were true, then I need to understand why we began the “war” in Iraq. And since Osama bin Laden is not a member of the Taliban, why are we fighting the Taliban? Is it because they provided “training facilities” for jihadists within Afghanistan's borders?
Using that logic means we should immediately attack all Denver airport shuttle buses driven by men with bad beards.
Some take it even further, implying that if we stop attacking the Taliban then we have somehow forgotten 9/11 and all those who were so tragically murdered that horrific day. To this type of irrationality I can only say, well, I think I'll just lower my chin, close my eyes, bite my lip, and slowly sway my head from left to right.
And then we have the American economy.
Our long downhill financial slide began in earnest two years ago, and lasted a solid 18 months before any signs of a turnaround began to show. As with virtually all business cycles, the domino effect slowly began affecting the housing and retail sectors, but it was at least a year later before either began tanking with any measurable gusto. Following the same lag time behind the financials (which still have a long way to go before reaching pre-crash levels), we have at the very least another winter season to endure before housing, retail and unemployment hit bottom.
So why, oh why, do so many insist that on the day the Dow hit 10,000 every other sector of the American economy should have immediately turned around as well, but since it did not happen that way then obviously “Obama is a failure, and anyway he secretly wants to become a dictator and take away everybody's gun while forcing them to receive a flu shot, and he hates the dollar and white folk and god and was born in Kenya, and ... ”
Wow, talk about releasing mentally.
