The Audacity of Dopes

Carlos Caso-Rosendi

Early in the afternoon of Friday 26th September of 2008 We The People are contemplating the sad evidence of the sheer incompetence of our government. Not long ago Sen. Obama chastised us all for not being able to speak French beyond "Mercy beaucoup." If Mr. Senator ever reads this humble page I would like to ask him: Le réalité et toi, vous ne vous entendez pas, n'est-ce pas?--I am sure our Harvard educated would-be "Monseiur le Président" will be able to respond in la belle langue française.

Sen. Obama tried to to show how regular Americans lack the kind of refinement required in the era of the global economy. Oh dear! What a sad spectacle we are! Yet, here's a little reflection for you all: What do you think the whole world thinks of our political class? Warren Buffet compared this economic debacle to Pearl Harbor. Can we really compare the response of our political class of 1941 to the circus we are forced to contemplate in our TV sets these days?

Who should be hanged on the deck of the Missouri for perpetrating this mess? Don't ask me for names. I have a list. Most of the people in that list are Freddie & Fannie beneficiaries who are now trying to make us pay for their own mistakes.

Are you afraid of an economic meltdown? I am not. I will have to go to work every day of my life anyway. May be if enough financial and insurance companies disappear we will get a fair deal from the survivors for a change.

Let the rascals fall. The American people will survive on ingenuity and hard work. We will figure out a way out of this mess without any "government" help. Enough of this. We had eight years of an incompetent presidency and an incompetent Congress.

It is time for change. Let us vote new blood, let us get involved. If Obama, Pelosi and the Democratic Party need to save the world economy they can go and ask France for money. They owe us big.

A tout a lair!