I've been trying to get my head right with this Obama "looking forward" thing. But, I'm making about as much progress as an eight year Bush Administration. So far, my only forward looking accomplishment has been to cross Halloween 2009 off of the party list. I can't afford the three-piece suit to go as a bank robber.
And, at the other end of the financial fashion spectrum, my piggy-bank gives me dirty looks every time I put on a baseball hat.
But, you can't really blame the pig for being confused. The TV is on all day and he doesn't know if he's watching Squawk Box or the betting for the 1919 World Series.
He wanted to know how many bailouts were in an inning. I simply told him, that in today's world, it depends on how many blind umpires are calling the game. That's when he asked for his own Bank Charter. (And a baseball hat)
I told him that I didn't think that one pig; one plastic jug, with not enough pennies in it to cover it's bottom; and, one toy slot machine, really qualifed for a Charter or a bailout.
He said that with an end-run around e-Verify (he's imported), a bright pink Larry Kudlow tie, and some Davos tags on his luggage, that he was golden for a few billion.
I laughed at him and asked him what Pig Of America was going to do for me. He said that he'd buy me that three-piece suit for the party.
I told him that his plan sounded a whole lot like dishonest and a whole lot like what we were watching on TV. He said, "What are they going to do? Throw a shoe at you?"
Yeah. With my luck, they'd throw the big bronze one.
He countered with the fact that it was the bank that helped throw George Bush into the White House that had the bronze ones. And incidentally, that it was the very same bank that dressed-up as the Conductor and hollered to Joe Biden "All Aboard For The Soul Train".
I told him that his babbling wasn't doing much to help me with the Obama "looking forward" thing. If I really wanted to visit the White House, I'd either pay for my own ticket, or send the Governor a box of chocolates.
That's when he got a little testy and started rambling about cowboys oinking cowboys, or something. I think it's Pig Latin and I've noticed that he uses it every time that he's on the phone to Illinois. I wish he'd just get a Blackberry.
He's always trying to distract me. I just need to focus.
Looking forward....Looking forward....Dick Thornburg disbands all FBI Task Forces....Jake Garn handling Savings & Loan regulations....Zollick money laundering prosecutions down 74?% No....no, that's not it.
Looking forward....Looking forward....US Attorneys fired....FBI posse out chasing elusive terrorists....Chris Cox at SEC....White collar prosecutions down 85%. No....no....no. That's looking backwards-forward, dummy.
Looking forward....Looking forward....How about a Halloween party where everybody dresses up as a GOD DAMMED GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS!.
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