What else is there to do but laugh? Cave on torture. The House sells out Peru for silver and gold. Etc. Etc.
Think about the Minimum Wage Hike, SCHIP, and taxes on hedge fund managers, take a breath, and sing-along. There is still some difference in the two parties. Only ten more months before gas prices take an inexplicable nosedive. Hopefully this conflict avoidance will pay off next year.
("Bennie and the Jets" is one of those songs that really sticks in your head, and I apologize in advance for this song sticking in your head for the rest of the weekend. For the sake of legibility, I left out the stutters and slurs.)
Bennie and the Fed
A parody of "Bennie and the Jets," by Elton John
Hey kids, open up your windows
This subprime shit is something
That's been known to change the weather.
He's got charts and graphs tonight,
So stick around.
You're gonna hear rhetorical trills
Sordid words for down.
Say, Peru and China ain’t free-trade yet
Oooh but the prime stays down, Bennie and the Fed
Oh Wall Street pays real wonderful
Oh Bennie it's really keen
They get a golden ‘chute, a prison suit
You know I read it in a balance sheet no-ho
Bennie and the Fed
Hey kids, tune into your iPhones.
Maybe it’s boring,
But Bennie makes it painless.
The strong survive, better move your ass along.
When we find our pensions out in the streets,
Gonna find who's right and who's wrong
Oh, Peru and China ain’t free-trade yet
Oh, the prime stays down, Bennie and the Fed
Oh Wall Street pays real wonderful
Oh Bennie it's really keen
They get a golden ‘chute, a prison suit
You know I read it in a balance sheet no-ho
Bennie and the Fed
(Interlude)
Say, Peru and China ain’t free-trade yet
Oooh but the prime stays down, Bennie and the Fed
Oh Wall Street pays real wonderful
Oh Bennie it's really keen
They get a golden ‘chute, a prison suit
You know I read it in a balance sheet no-ho
Bennie and the Fed
Bennie, Bennie and the Fed
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Fed
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Fed
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Fed
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie,
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie
Bennie and the Fed, Fed, Fed
(Fade)
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie
Bennie and the Fed