Bush Style

Our current President likes to assure us that notwithstanding the massive bailout of the American banking system, he is a believer in "free-market capitalism." He says so without a hint of irony while ordinary citizens (read: victims of "free-market capitalsim") are allowed to eat cake.

I've been thinking a lot about it lately--not how to fix the mess we're in because I am just a simple person living in Des Moines trying to beat out a living as a lawyer--but how it is that the moron-in-chief can make such pronouncements in a serious way. But really it makes perfect sense because we're not used to having much but the leftovers from the people at the top, right? And in the words of Barbara Bush: just give us some warm food and a roof over our heads, we're not used to that sort of thing so it really is working out quite nicely for us. Think really about how difficult it must be to adjust from seven figure income to just six. Now that's suffering.

And remember the brand of "free market capitalism" Bush learned from his father and father's friends: use your family name to borrow money to make money and even if you lose money someone will be there to pick up the pieces. And even if you are loaded, use public money to finance a public works to help fat cats get even more money. So if you find yourself scratching your head, don't fret too long because it all makes perfect sense: help those at the top, they need it the most.