OldGreyEagle 5 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Saw an old favorite movie this afternoon, "Lil Abner". One of the best scenes is when Lil Abner and Marryin' Sam come back from Washington DC, they sing: Them city folks and friends Are pretty much alike Though they ain't used to living in the sticks We don't like stone or cement But we is in agreement When we get started talking politics The country's in the very best of hands The best of hands The best of hands The treasury says the national debt Is climbing to the sky And government expenditures Have never been so high It makes a fellow get a Gleam of pride when they decide To see how our economy expands The country's in the very best of hands The country's in the very best of hands The best of hands The best of hands You oughtta hear the senate When their drawing up a bill Where asses and dimwits are crowded in each codicil Such legal terminology Would give your heart a thrill There's phrases there that no one understands The country's in the very best of hands The building boom, they say Is getting bigger every day And when I asked a feller How could everybody pay He come up with an answer That made everything okay Supplies are getting greater than demands The country's in the very best of hands Don't you believe them congressmen And senators are dumb When they run into problems That is tough to overcome They just declare something They call the moritorium The upper and the lower house disbands The country's in the very best of hands Fox Motors is connected to the nominee The nominee's connected to the treasury When he ain't connected to the treasury He sits around on his thigh bone He sits around in his fancy car This big congressional parking lot Just sits around on the you know what 'Cause there they calls it their thigh bone Them bones, them bones Gonna rise again Gonna excercise a franchise again Gonna tax us up to our eyes again When he gets them off of their thigh bone The country's in the very best of hands The best of hands The best of hands The farm bill should be Eight-nine percent parrity And all their fellow recommends It should be mound at three But eighty, ninety-five percent who cares about degree It's parrity that no one understands The county's in the very best of hands Them GOP's and Democrats Each hates the other one They's always criticizing How the country should be run But neither tell the public What the others gone and done As long as no one knows Where no one stands The country's in the very best of hands They sits around and just place their assets Where folks in congress has always sat Just sits around on their excess bag Up there they calls it their thigh bone They sits around till they starts to snore Jumps up and hollers I has the floor Then sits right down where they sats before Up there they calls it their thigh bone Them bones, them bones Gonna cross again So dignified and so wise again While the budget doubles in size again When it gets them off of their thigh bone The country's in the very best of hands The best of hands The best of hands The money that they taxes us That's known as revenues They compound up collaterals Subtracts the residue Don't worry about the principal And interest it encrues They're shipping all that stuff to foreign lands The country's in the very best of hands You know, Vasudeva was right, the more things change, the more they remain the same (This message has been edited by OldGreyEagle) Link to post Share on other sites
John-in-KC 311 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Yeah, Right, Sure... Headline: President Obama forces GM boss Rick Wagoner to step down URL: http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/03/29/2009-03-29_president_obama_forces_gm_boss_rick_wago.html Link to post Share on other sites
scoutldr 732 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Sounds like a headline out of the People's Republic of China...which, coincidentally, may be interested in buying General Motors. Link to post Share on other sites
SR540Beaver 116 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Just like my mortgage loan, that money comes with some conditions and expectations. You want the government to keep your failed business afloat, you got to expect some unwanted involvement. Neither a borrower nor a lender be. - Bill Shakespeare Link to post Share on other sites
scoutldr 732 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 That's what I always say...for borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. Link to post Share on other sites
OldGreyEagle 5 Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 you gotta love it, from Lil'Abner to Hamlet, I am sure Al Capp would be pleased and The Bard amused Link to post Share on other sites
CalicoPenn 729 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Now if only we could get President Obama to force the heads of the failing Wall Street firms, we might actually get the banking crisis solved. Link to post Share on other sites
GernBlansten 10 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Patience, Calico, patience. Link to post Share on other sites
SR540Beaver 116 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 OGE, You have no idea the irony in me quoting the Bard over Mr. Capps. Link to post Share on other sites
skeptic 1004 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Is it time to bring back POGO? We certainly have a big enough swamp to row in. I am sure Walt Kelly could have a ball with it if he were still here. For those too young to know of whom and what I speak, Google it. (This message has been edited by skeptic) Link to post Share on other sites
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