Dope

It’s fortuitous that many states have now legalized marijuana because our nation is now on a drug jag that is bound to destroy our psyche and our future.  Last night the House passed the Senate’s “solution” to our fiscal-cliff crisis which adds $3.9 trillion more to our already-crushing national debt of $16.4 trillion (see: The Hill Story) … and in the process gives additional tax breaks to Hollywood and NASCAR … and extends unemployment insurance for another 12 months.  

Yes, President Obama looks like a hero to the takers in this country in that he tucked it to the millionaires and billionaires (and the Republicans) … but, in truth, he really punished very few people (except the Republican party) since this “compromise” is allowing the carried-interest tax break to survive for hedge-fund managers … and Warren Buffet.

But since, to the majority of Americans, perception is reality, the stock market is poised to soar … and our former dope-smoking jamoke, Barack Obama, is soaring back to Hawaii to finish his vacation on a high.  I think maybe I might just be tempted to take a toke myself … since this could be the only way I can alleviate the crushing angst I now feel for our country’s future.