Posted on 02/27/2009 5:48:59 PM PST by Winged Hussar
Barack Obama: A 21st Century Jack Cade
Today's Wall Street Journal reports that Barack Obama has proposed a $3.6 trillion budget, or more than $10,000 for every American.
...While the Jack Cade of Shakespeare's King Henry VI Part 2 was comic relief even for the poorly-educated groundlings who liked the performance's vulgar humor, the United States has actually elected his real-world equivalent. The following scene should look uncomfortably familiar:
... there shall be no money; all shall eat and drink on my score; and I will apparel them all in one livery, that they may agree like brothers and worship me their lord.
...And here, sitting upon London-stone, I charge and command that, of the city's cost, the pissing-conduit run nothing but claret wine this first year of our reign.
...The difference between the groundlings who laughed their heads off at Jack Cade's unrealistic promises and the Americans who elected Barack Cade is that the latter really believe that a political figure can create high-wage jobs out of nothing, provide social benefits to everybody, and defer payment on the enormous bill until some distant future, specifically after the 2012 elections if possible.
Conservatives such as Laura Ingraham have already tagged Obama's stimulus legislation as the "Porkulus," and rightly so. All that remains is to apply an appropriate name to the legislation's originator, and "Barack Cade" (it even rhymes with "Jack Cade") is perfect.
(Excerpt) Read more at israpundit.com ...
I used to like a little claret now and then.
You should try a nice chianti, too.
I've heard it said that it goes well with fava beans
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