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To: Qbert

Go figure.

The boat was sinking, so we made another hole, and shazam, we’re still sinking.

Those Ivy Leaguers surely are the smartest people in the room.


16 posted on 06/30/2011 2:52:42 PM PDT by lurk
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To: lurk
The boat was sinking, so we made another hole, and shazam, we’re still sinking.

Back in the Carter years, this analogy was going around. It seems apt here: "The Ship of State is awash in fiat currency and the crew is using the rudder for a paddle."

23 posted on 06/30/2011 3:36:36 PM PDT by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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