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Talking Points
America's new four-part logo, slogan, Anthem, motto, mantra, shibboleth, obituary (Call it by any other name, It still smells like a rose withering in the sun) Is ramping up; in fact, it's at DEFCON 1.
Naturally, I'm talking about what's on everybody's lips: 1.) THE HOUSING CRISIS (foreclosed dream homes; Cresting adjustable-rate-mortgage motes Flooding castles in Everyman's kingdom; Suburban enclaves metamorphosing into derelict ghettos),
2.) SLOWING EMPLOYMENT (factories closing, Which once gave jobs to those who made clothes, Cars, TVs, pharmaceuticals, condoms, Cold-molded plastics into everything from toys to dildos; Banks, airlines, liposuctionists calling it quits),
3.) INCREASING FOOD PRICES AND SOARING FUEL COSTS (Commodities feeding and fueling each other's daily inflation, Due to food being used for fuel, Fuel being used to transport food to stores we drive to In order to buy the food we need, to fuel ourselves),
4.) THE CREDIT CRUNCH (A many-tentacled colossus of a global-village nemesis, Squeezing all of us dry, in this nation, anyway, Strangling the borrowing we've considered our inalienable right To life's liberty to pursue conspicuous consumption). Perhaps this administration's four talking points Will have the desired effect Of successfully dismantling our once-robust economy, By seducing us, in a big brotherly and sisterly way, Into believing that our cause — anomie — is just, great.
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