Gorillas & Government Shutdown: What Would George Bailey Do?
[Updated after the September 30th shut-down.]
Last night’s vain countdown to midnight with no expectations for our leaders to avoid a government shutdown seems to be creating a sense of normalcy with these panics–making the bank-scare of George Bailey’s savings and loan look like over-reaction. We’re pretty used to these games of chicken, unfortunately.
There’s the old joke asking where a gorilla sleeps. The punchline of “Anywhere it wants” always made me chuckle. It creates a visual of a Warner Brothers gorilla bending his … Read More…