Just in case you forgot to check, the world economy did not collapse last week like all of the media prognosticators were hysterically warning it would if the national debt limit was not increased. A catastrophic global crash of the “end-of-time proportions” was narrowly avoided by the nimble political tap dancing of President Biden (before he crashed on the stage at the Air Force Academy graduation) and the masterful butterfly herding and roping techniques of Speaker McCarthy. It was yet another example of “Media Make-Believe" productions from the studios of Hollywood on the Potomac. Yes, it was the heartwarming tale of how a lonely little boy named Joey from Delaware finally found friendship with an unlikely “maga” misfit named Kevin from California and saved the world. It was a longingly tender story of unity and compromise, except for the fact that it was a big, fat hoax. But wow, what a beauty! This was some real Oscar-winning bipartisan script-writing and anchor-acting going on here. There was drama from Ainsly at Fox, the last-minute breathless incrimination from joyless Joy Reid at MSNBC, the count-down to Armageddon from Anderson Cooper at CNN and of course, the shockingly unnerving "lost in space” performance from Janet Yellen as she solemnly pronounced the date for doomsday of all civilization. It was all truly masterful. It was better than the combined crises of The Three Little Pigs, Chicken Little, and Humpty Dumpty all rolled together, and it was all make believe. Anybody with their head on straight knew there was never any real doubt about the debt limit being raised, but incredibly, most of America fell for it. I guess it was just kind of a slow news week. Biden took credit, McCarthy took credit, everybody in Washington was blowing kisses at everybody else and of course, in a few days it will be back to name-calling and blame gaming as usual.
The sad part, my friends, is that this is how things are going to be from now to November 5, 2024. So, get ready. You’ve seen it before. It’s nothing new, but you will be hearing more outlandish predictions and prevarication and see more down-right ridiculousness and hypocrisy than you ever have before. It will set new records. So, if you think Hillary’s e-mails just got up and sneaked out when the FBI came looking and Al Gore’s brain waves protected us from the Y2K computer crash, and Elvis is alive and well and living on the Moon, you ain’t seen nothing yet! There will be some unbelievable box-office hoaxes coming your way soon from the good folks at “Media Make -Believe” movies. Buy some popcorn now before China corners the market and the national shortage hits!
