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Best Role Models

Take an economy - any economy - not the one you fly on but the state of a country. Their buying and selling - their humming and hawing (how exactly does one haw?) - their extravagance and their austerities. If Economy was a sluggish person it could look up to Lance Armstrong as a role model - how to dope and get ahead - be number one. Who better to teach that than someone who knows the ins and outs so to speak? Bernanke could then take a back seat and go back to writing obscure papers that his students could read. If the Fiscal Cliff was a male it could look up to Kim Kardashian as a role model. Take one long look at her and boing - you are at the top of the mount. No more looking down in to the chasm. The President could then go back to identifying what a real wealthy person looks like so that he can tax the heck out of them. If Swing Vote was a real person then he could look up to Tiger Woods - you can swing whatever you want in your life on the green and off and still get away with million dollar pay day? If Gay Marriage was causing a wedge issue, just have him look up to Larry King who always seemed 'unhappy' in marriage.. that should send the wedge off the cliff, swinging its way out of sluggish existence.

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  1. There aren't too many of these around these days..the ones who might have been are refusing to retire from their professions, automatically ceasing to be (good) role models..

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