Econo-Blog

Every time I turn on the TV or look on the internet now all I hear or read is how the economy is going to shit and we’d all better hold on to our butts. Not to downplay the economic crisis our country and the world is in right now, but I’m pretty sick of hearing about it. Okay so jobs are no longer plentiful and the American automobile industry is going belly-up; but are these things really worth worrying about? Most responsible hard working Americans, if there are any of those left, would say yes. I for one am starting to think that the economic crisis is being blown way out of proportion by the media. Every time you turn on CNN they have another pundit prophet of doom saying how the economy is going to get way worse before it gets better. I’m not sure if an economic expert had high hopes about the coming years if he would even get any airtime. For some reason people only want to hear or read about it if it is bad news. Anybody who wants to get on TV or be taken seriously has to predict the worst possible outcome.

Maybe some people are thinking, well if there was any good news they would report it. Doubtful. Good news doesn’t get good TV ratings. It’s stupid, but true. I really don’t even like watching the news anymore because it all seems like sensationalized bullshit. Even sports news, which I used to enjoy, has become mostly full of gossip and banter that has nothing to do with actually playing sports. The sports media is more concerned with how well the team gets along off the field than how they play on the field. Who cares if some guy is everyone’s friend? If he’s good at sports isn’t he doing his job?

Yahoo is the worst. For some reason I have Yahoo as my homepage, so first thing I read everyday is snippets on what the new best city to live in is and where all the recession proof jobs are. I hope people aren’t really falling in for all this crap and freaking out; but they probably are. I’m glad I live in the middle of nowhere away from all the “normal” people. I can easily ignore things. Sure the economy here isn’t as good as it used to be, but I got a job. It ain’t that bad…yet.

If it gets any worse I know where I’m investing my money. Guns and ammo. If we’re all gonna be living on the streets you better be strapped and ready to handle yo’ biznaz! Actually I figure I’d hightail it back to Michigan and join my family in a compound in the woods upstate. We’d be armed to the teeth and no one would screw with us. Especially the government. What’s that? The Michigan Militia already does that stuff? Crap. Hmmm…well I guess they’ve been right all these years. Those crazy rednecks were on to something.