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"bail, baby, bail"
ReplyDeleteAnon: the economy is like when the Stooges' boat was taking on water, and Moe was trying to bail, baby, bail. Larry Fine, always the smartest guy in the room, stoogewise, had a Republican-type system for restoring stability: he blew two holes in the hull with his shotgun to let the water out.
ReplyDeletehahaha that is truly a brilliant analogy!
ReplyDeleteBRH: thanks. The only way I can see that my analogy breaks down is that Larry Fine's system for dewatering a boat is much more plausible than the Republicans' system for accomplishing anything at all.
ReplyDeleteyes, but since it only works if one is skilled enough with firearms to hit the bottom of a boat, I don't think Bush/Cheney could succeed at that either.
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