The video was amusing, in that its sarcasm it was interesting. The horrible thing is that it isn't that funny. We have been in the midst of one of the worst recession in living memory, perhaps the worst one since the Great Depression, and even though we keep hearing predictions that it is going to end by the end of FY 2009, it at times seems unlikely, especially with fluctuations within the banking sector and also the resulting fluctuations within the stock market. The number of layoffs are increasing, and they say we're going to hit the ten percent unemployment mark by year's end - some states are already there. (There are four - South Carolina, Rhode Island, Michigan, and California, and several other states are poised to go over the precipice. Wyoming, however, has it good - under 4%.) Although I was always convinced that Obama was a better choice than McCain (I vote against, never for) I have my doubts, but I cling to the hope that, indeed, yes we can.
You ever heard of synsepalum dulcificum? Most people haven't heard of it, and most people don't even want to try and pronounce synsepalum dulcificum. The miracle fruit has an odd property, in that it temporarily confuses the taste buds into thinking that things sour are sweet, and things spicy are not. (We do not recommend using and then gorging on habanero peppers.) Besides the obvious benefits – like getting the kiddies to eat their vegetables for once, which most people would get a cash advance to figure out how to do – the fruit also has a propensity for enabling cancer patients to eat during chemotherapy, which has a side effect of disabling taste buds. It turns out that synsepalum dulcificum might be a miracle fruit after all.
This is so totally off the chart, I am still laughing. But the point was made and it was a good one. It was about waking up America and looking at where we really are in America and how we seriously need a change.
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