THERE IS AN INTERESTING MOMENT THAT I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT YESTERDAY ON THE SAVAGE NATION. BARACK OBAMA WAS IN THE OVAL OFFICE TALKING ABOUT HOW TERRIBLE IT WAS THAT WALL STREET WAS STILL GIVING OUT HUGE BONUSES. NEXT TO HIM WAS THE NEW TREASURY SECRETARY TIMOTHY GEITHNER, WHO HAD JUST RECEIVED A HUGE SEVERANCE PACKAGE FROM HIS PREVIOUS JOB. THE HYPOCRISY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE BLATANT.
AND THEN IN THE BACKGROUND I NOTICED THAT THE MANTELPIECE OVER THE CHIMNEY BEHIND WHICH THEY WERE SITTING WAS STAINED WITH SOOT. MAYBE SOME LACKEY JUST FORGOT TO OPEN THE FLUE, OR MAYBE OBAMA LIKES IT HOT. WHATEVER THE CAUSE, IT’S THE PERFECT METAPHOR FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY. BARACK OBAMA HAS BEEN IN OFFICE FOR LESS THAN TWO WEEKS, AND ALREADY HE’S PUT A STAIN ON OUR NATIONAL REPUTATION.
HE’S STAINED IT BY HIRING TAX CHEATS SUCH AS GEITHNER, HE’S STAINED IT BY APPOINTING LOBBYISTS AT THE PENTAGON. HE’S STAINED IT BY HIRING A PARDONER AS ATTORNEY GENERAL. AND HE’S STAINED IT BY SCHEMING TO GIVE AWAY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HIS POLITICAL SUPPORTERS THROUGH A SO CALLED STIMULUS BILL. AND HE HASN’T BEEN IN OFFICE TWO WEEKS YET. WELL WE’VE GOT QUITE A FEW WEEKS TO COME UNDER BARACK OBAMA, AND THERE’S A LOT OF TIME LEFT TO PILE A LOT MORE SOOT ON THAT MANTELPIECE IN THE OVAL OFFICE.
NO DOUBT BY THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE IT ON TELEVISION OR ON A PICTURE ON THE INTERNET IT WILL HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP. OBAMA WILL BE SITTING THERE, YAKKING WITH SOME FOREIGN DIGNITARY, OR JAWBONING WITH NANCY PELOSI, ABOUT HOW TO SQUEEZE THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER OUT OF A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS. AND THE SOOT WILL BE GONE. SOME LACKEY WILL HAVE HEARD THE SAVAGE NATION, OR SOMEONE REPEATING THE SAVAGE NATION, AND WILL HAVE HIRED A CHIMNEYSWEEP TO REMOVE ALL TRACES OF SOOT FROM THE OVAL OFFICE. BUT THE REAL STAIN WILL REMAIN.
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AND THEN IN THE BACKGROUND I NOTICED THAT THE MANTELPIECE OVER THE CHIMNEY BEHIND WHICH THEY WERE SITTING WAS STAINED WITH SOOT. MAYBE SOME LACKEY JUST FORGOT TO OPEN THE FLUE, OR MAYBE OBAMA LIKES IT HOT. WHATEVER THE CAUSE, IT’S THE PERFECT METAPHOR FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY. BARACK OBAMA HAS BEEN IN OFFICE FOR LESS THAN TWO WEEKS, AND ALREADY HE’S PUT A STAIN ON OUR NATIONAL REPUTATION.
HE’S STAINED IT BY HIRING TAX CHEATS SUCH AS GEITHNER, HE’S STAINED IT BY APPOINTING LOBBYISTS AT THE PENTAGON. HE’S STAINED IT BY HIRING A PARDONER AS ATTORNEY GENERAL. AND HE’S STAINED IT BY SCHEMING TO GIVE AWAY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HIS POLITICAL SUPPORTERS THROUGH A SO CALLED STIMULUS BILL. AND HE HASN’T BEEN IN OFFICE TWO WEEKS YET. WELL WE’VE GOT QUITE A FEW WEEKS TO COME UNDER BARACK OBAMA, AND THERE’S A LOT OF TIME LEFT TO PILE A LOT MORE SOOT ON THAT MANTELPIECE IN THE OVAL OFFICE.
NO DOUBT BY THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE IT ON TELEVISION OR ON A PICTURE ON THE INTERNET IT WILL HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP. OBAMA WILL BE SITTING THERE, YAKKING WITH SOME FOREIGN DIGNITARY, OR JAWBONING WITH NANCY PELOSI, ABOUT HOW TO SQUEEZE THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER OUT OF A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS. AND THE SOOT WILL BE GONE. SOME LACKEY WILL HAVE HEARD THE SAVAGE NATION, OR SOMEONE REPEATING THE SAVAGE NATION, AND WILL HAVE HIRED A CHIMNEYSWEEP TO REMOVE ALL TRACES OF SOOT FROM THE OVAL OFFICE. BUT THE REAL STAIN WILL REMAIN.
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the first thing of savage that i've read which i enjoyed. would be better if he qualified his statement about obama giving away billions to his political supporters thru the proposed stimulus, though.
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