News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The White House has unveiled a new plan to deal with rising gas costs by installing a wacky inflatable tube man in front of every price sign across the country.
“Wow, look how much fun it is to go to the gas station now!” said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “These wacky guys are going to turn frowns upside-down at pumps everywhere. Sure is hard to be depressed about canceling your family vacation when those arms are flailing in the wind!”
As gas prices continue to set records across America, the White House has been desperately brainstorming ways to not help and instead divert people’s attention. “The problem is not our policies, the problem is that the media has done a terrible job communicating how great we are,” said Press Secretary Karine Jeanne-Pierre. “We are doing incredible at forcing poor people to stop driving and using air conditioning, thus reducing our use of fossil fuels. But, short-sighted whiners that the poors are, they simply do not appreciate our help.”
After gas surged past five dollars per gallon, the decision was made to deploy the wacky, waving, inflatable arm-flailing tube men. “No way we are letting the fact people can’t afford to live steal our January 6th thunder!” said Representative Eric Swalwell, swinging his nunchucks. “Soon as we re-hash the riot we have been ramming down everyone’s throats for the last 18 months, America will love us again. You’ll see!”
Go here to read the rest. When the economic policies of Leftist regimes inevitably crash and burn their traditional response is to blame price gouging. If that doesn’t work, their fall back policy is to blame deliberate sabotage by “wreckers”. The Puppetmasters are at the blame the greedy price gougers stage. This is a good explanation for their more fanatic supporters, a bad one for everyone else with at least a smattering of knowledge of economics. Putting Leftists in charge of economies is akin to putting Christian Scientists in charge of hospitals.
I work in a nuclear energy company half of whose employees (mostly millennials) are climate change fanatics who think that high gas prices will magically force a hydrogen economy or an electric car economy. The other half are old submarine force veterans like me. I just don’t understand how liberals can be so stubbornly stupid. The Democrat Party must be destroyed (preferrably at the voting booth, though as we know from November 2020 that’s where they cheat the most). I really hope the country this November won’t be as stupid as those millennials. I attribute their stupidity to indoctrination by liberal Academia. They know their physics and math, but can’t apply it when it comes to “environmental justice” idiocy. What the frack is that – environmental justice?” Lord Jesus, please may the Democrats be defeated this November! Thy will be done!
They are purposely grinding to dust the ‘deplorables.’