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Editor’s Note
By Tim Ernandes
You’re never too old to learn something new. thousands of businesses and sent millions to the
unemployment line has now graciously granted
I just learned that recently. For most of my
permission for those people to return to work…
life, I had labored under the misapprehension
yet, not all of them have. This, we are told, is “job
that when the cost of everything rises, and the
creation”.
value of a dollar falls, this phenomenon was called
“inflation”, and that two consecutive quarters of “Thank you, sir – may I have another.”
negative growth was called a “recession”. What a
We, the ungrateful and unwashed, are being
fool I’ve been.
chided to express our undying gratitude. After all,
I thank ouromniscient overlords for correcting prices at the pumps have gone down a few cents,
my misunderstanding. They have pointed out that albeit at the expense of our strategic oil reserves.
when prices rise, supplies fall, and the dollar loses Never mind that they skyrocketed up to nearly
value, this is called “a booming economy”. Why double under the same guiding hand.
have I never realized this?
Our Dear Leader has been relegated to making
The Great Ones in the Hallowed Halls of recorded speeches for public consumption, with
Government have also helped me to realize that the obvious need for editing between sentences.
oil and gas that come from other countries will The people in his administration are famous for
not harm the planet, but the same resources mocking their opponents for their alleged lack of
derived from within our own territories will. How public speaking ability, and/or their intelligence.
could I have been so blind? Obviously, much of their PR strategy has been
derived from screenings of “Weekend at Bernie’s”.
“How many fingers am I holding up,
Winston?” I’ve also learned that even though it’s possible
for a former Secretary of State to knowingly
“How – how many do you want me to see?”
mishandle classified documents, it’s hardly worth
We are being asked to believe that a foreign bothering to prosecute her. At the same time,
dictator with imperial designs has somehow it is yet unthinkable for a former President of
managed to disrupt our supply chains and ability the United States to be protected by the 4th
to produce our own fuels. We are told that Amendment. After all, what difference – at this
millions of jobs have been “created”. How? Well, point, what difference does it make? It would
that same friendly government that shut down seem that full transparency is a danger to national
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