October 9, 2008

Stupid Irony

Just a quick little blurb about something I found on the internet. Yes, I know, I've succumbed to sharing things on a blog that I found while surfing. Well, this deserves it. Check it out if you want because it is really short. Here is the skinny. Some clock in New York City has been showing a running total of the national debt since 1989. The debt is now too large for the clock to properly show. What are we doing about it? We're getting a frakkin' new clock! Why in the name of all good and sensible things would we pay for a (no doubt cool looking, digital, fancy, atomic, large, very pricey for something so dumb, and pointless) new clock??!! Who cares? It's going to be ready in a year. Can you think of how much a clock thing that takes a year to build would cost? Even if it was ten dollars, I'd say, screw the clock and go buy that homeless man down the street a new sweater. I can't believe this country. Do you see the irony?

3 comments:

Utzy said...

I see it. I see the irony. 'Twould be laughable if it weren't so cryable.

the blarney stone said...

Nope. Don't see it. Sorry.

This is an important expenditure.

leslie said...

I bet 5 dollars that by the time they are finished making it, we actually won't need it.

(I'll probably lose the 5 dollars but one can only hope this big mess might be fixed by then!!!)