From Argus Hamilton:
The Tea Party had a big rally at the Capitol building in Washington D.C. on Wednesday demanding lower taxes and a smaller government. There were thousands of them. The IRS nearly launched a drone just to cut down on the manpower needed to audit them all.
President Obama got a lecture from German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday after it was revealed that the NSA is spying on Germans. Her confrontation is a sign that we’ve hit bottom. You know that it’s time to get help when the country that brought us the Gestapo stages an intervention and tells you that your surveillance is out of control.
Wall Street saw a stock sell off Thursday after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted he may retire, causing stock investors to panic and run. Merrill Lynch quickly adjusted its investment portfolio. They now hold fifty percent cash and fifty percent canned goods.
