I posted the following snarky statement on Twitter (which, via the magic of the Internet tubes also updated as my Facebook status). I was asked to post it as a blog entry. Living, as I do, to serve:
This recession will eventually end without government intervention. And all wounds will eventually stop bleeding without medical attention.
Have at it.
The recession isn’t the same as bleeding. I’ll agree, the economy is ill. Some claim that the illness is cancer and have all sorts of treatments lined up.
I think it is a hangover from everyone (businesses and individuals) spending more than they make, and the economy being built on such a level.
I’d rather the country just drive the porcelain bus for a while and swear off drinking.
Instead, we’re going to go through cancer treatments, feel even worse for a while, then pick the bottle back up as soon as the doctor says our “cancer” is cured!
Ah, metaphor.
To extend yours, what makes you think that this administration is a good doctor?
They’re the ones who started bleeding us in the first place, aren’t they?
Next step – leeches!
I love the word ‘snarky’ and wish it was part of my active vocablary. It means just how it sounds.
“And all wounds will eventually stop bleeding without medical attention”
This sounds Biblical to me.
To stay on topic with Doug’s metaphor, I assume he means that either the bleeding will stop one of two ways:
1. The wound is small, and therefore the blood with clot and stop the bleeding.
2. The wound is large, and the body will be drained of blood and die, stopping the bleeding as the heart stops.
Put me in the #1 camp. I’m afraid that we’re putting a tourniquet on our country’s leg because the foot has been cut. Now, we may stop the bleeding, but it may come at the expense of losing the whole limb later.
Jason,
If you believe this is just a small cut you are not paying attention.