Fiscal Pickle
“Hello politicians everywhere! Don’t even think about looking at me for a solution to this mess. I may be the Gorilla in the room, but you’ve gotten so oblivious to the obvious that it’s your fiscal pickle! You’re on your own!”
“You figure it out.”
“I’m going to go hang with the Elephant in the room, actually he’s in the U.K. but you can’t see him either, so we can have a ball laughing at you guys going over the cliff in a barrel.The Fiscal Cliff that is!”
“Just like those enlightened and intellectual individuals who have attempted to do so at various times over there at Niagara Falls.”
“Oh joy three different metaphors here. But to the point: Even if you “got” any of the metaphoric idioms presented here would you even know what to do about the problem?”
“Don’t answer. Let me live not only invisible but in blissful ignorance too!”
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A brief political statement here, which isn’t something I usually do, but I take full responsibility for the contents of this message because I do see the gorilla and the elephant in the room (the ones clearly invisible to all politicians) and I most certainly would not go over the cliff in a barrel), but then that’s just me an ordinary citizen of this country trying to figure out when it’s going to dawn on our politicians that they should be more concerned with what the word Fiscal Responsibility means.
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Thank you,
Penny L Howe, January 5, 2013
The Why About This 
how interesting that you and hugh used elephants in your posts this week!
http://hughcurtler.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/the-elephant-in-the-room-2/
we’re getting more rain, and i’m painting a lot…. you’ve had several posts that deserve more than a ‘like’ from me, though deep right-brained painting and writing don’t blend well for me. i come to the computer and am foggy as someone one drugs! doesn’t make for easy conversation.
i should probably share this in a post. for now, it’s back downstairs to the painting!
z
You keep painting, and as always it’s wonderful and fascinating to discover your body/mind operates the way mine does. When I used to seriously paint creatively, for the next day or two afterwards I turned into a total klutz. Neither my brain nor my body wanted to do what I wanted it to do! lol
si; it’s such a brain fog, and this particular painting is exhausting me! painting is often more work than manual labor – for me.
thanks! i’m not surprised that you have experienced the same problems! z
Yes it can be exhausting ~ and where the muse goes …
I just hope there is a trampoline at the foot of that cliff. My kids still need me.
Seriously though – this needs to get sorted out. Egos taking over – & common sense out the door is getting us nowhere.
Yes they do need us (the children) and I’m hopeful that the collective “egos” turn into collective “wisdom” or at the least a realization of what needs to begin happening, Now!
Penny , great opinions here. Thank you for bringing to the forefront. (((x)))
I don’t do political either Penny but am very concerned about the state of our country. I am sorely disappointed in all our politicians, whose egos seem to get in the way of what is right and good for all of us.
Well said LuAnn, for the egos were gone I think more would get done! 🙂
Well said LuAnn, for the egos were gone I think more would get done! 🙂
Wonderful!
Thanks, I occasionally get a little frustrated with politics! 🙂
Nice one. Things always have to get bad before they get better. Sigh… I know you don’t usually do political but it just goes to show what is on the collective mind and that we can still try to lift collective hearts… or at least them know we are on the earth together… whatever may come…
A lovely phrase Aurora, “we are on the earth together …whatever may come” … so we are not ever alone – we have each other! 🙂
Things are probably going to get bad.
Sigh, I wish I could argue this with you my friend, but like you I do have serious concerns!
AnElephantCant fit in a barrel
And he doesn’t want to go over a cliff
He can’t comment on the USA
But back home in the UK
The politicians would make more sense in hieroglyphs
And re AnElephant’s recent blog on collective nouns, may he humbly suggest a poo of politicians?
I love it! Yes! 🙂
At this point I’m starting to question the modern concept of, ‘Spend your way out of recession’.
That’s not a concept Chris, it’s a contradiction – just my take you know lol!
lol…are you implying you REALLY want to know how I feel about this? Trust me, you do not want me to defile your near perfect blog 🙂
Welllll…..when you put it that way ….:)