Friday, August 12, 2011

Obama and his Magic Jobs Program

Did you catch that line below?
President Barack Obama sought to reassert economic leadership on Thursday by pledging to deliver new ideas every week to create jobs...
Every week, it's a whole new bitchin' jobs proposal! [Sung to Rebecca Black's "Friday"] "Jobs plan, jobs plan, gonna hear some new job plans!"

And yet. Whenever I hear about the pending new smart-power-driven budget or jobs plan, all I can think of is "The Gong Show."
"Larry And His Magic _____", an alleged musician (also portrayed by Spencer) whose various appearances featured a series of different instruments. His call-and-response act featured him proclaiming, "I'm gonna play my (trumpet, fiddle, xylophone, kettle drum, accordion, etc.)" and the audience shouting back, "Whatcha gonna do?" This exchange would be repeated twice, after which he would announce, "I'm gonna play my (instrument) nowwww!" Instead of playing, though, he would merely repeat his audience-punctuated declaration. After a few verses of this, the skit would inevitably end with Spencer failing to play his instrument.
Don't worry, Obama's got some ideas, and boy-howdy, they're gonna turn this economy a-round.

5 comments:

Auntie_Maim said...

Shame of it is, he's already got one: Stop taxing the hell out of businesses. Of course this wouldn't fit with his meme....ah, yes, yet another step towards a centralized economy, which we have seen work so well in Russia.

You know, as long as some asshat doesn't murder the poor bastard before the election, 2012 is setting up to be a most glorious year....

Anonymous said...

Watching this kind of optimism get crushed is going to be a hoot.

Eek! Who will save us? This looks like a job for... Generic Republican Opponent!

Eric said...

Irrational exuberance.

Onan the Libertarian said...

as long as some asshat doesn't murder the poor bastard before the election

You read something like this, and you KNOW there's a 99% chance the writer spends plenty of "alone time" with himself, thinking about exactly that. Hand lotion assists the... culmination of his thought process.

Eric said...

Um, yeah, I'd appreciate it if the comments didn't catch the attention of the Secret Service.