Funny how things work out

We've never put much into our 401K account, which is handled by Vanguard and invested in stocks and such. We figured we needed the money now more than we'd need it in the far future, and anyway, we knew we'd never have some vast account on which we could retire comfortably. And then early last year we raided the account for all we could get to pay off our very last medical debt - there was just enough available in those last few months before the crash when the Dow was above 14,000. Now the Dow Jones is in a nosedive, taking investment accounts with it, and it doesn't matter all that much to us - there isn't much money in there to lose. One less thing to worry about.

Though I do wonder, along with Thurston Howell III in an old Gilligan's Island episode, when the Dow will break 1000 - heading the other way this time on its way into a crater.

Change comes to America!

Well that was worth it. Barry, Nancy and friends wrecked the economy, but at least we all get an extra 40 quarters a week; or, to fully capture the excitement, one hundred dimes - every week!

I didn't realize Nancy Pelosi was Chinese

Pelosi's theory of contraception is just a hop, a skip and a "universal healthcare" act away from China's policy of using economic incentives to control family size. The syllogism goes like this:

• the government pays for your childcare
  
• the government is broke
  
• the government will ensure that you have fewer children