The Greater Depression?

Front page headline of the British publication, The Independent projects a bleak future for the United States. Published April 1, one quickly realizes while reading this article this is no April Fools Day joke. A very well written and engaging article, that has drawn a lot of heat from US agencies and media groups because of it dismal outlook. Our Government has thus far been avoiding the 'R' word, buttttt OH MY GOD! The Brits think we are heading for another Great Depression, greater than the crash of '29 could ever imagine. The Brit's our 'friends' think this, hmmm, I wonder what our enemies think of us? Is it time for an intervention? Addicts have to reach 'rock bottom' in order to learn their lesson. Giving them money to help solve the problems of today merely places a band-aide on the femoral artery of their lives, but it won't solve their long term issues. Yet, what is being waived in front of our faces to lull us into thinking that everything will be better? Money! But, it's really an 'Economic Stimulus Package', it's not really money it is package of economic stimulus. What exactly does that mean? Don't you think that the government is coming up with far too many catch phrases to make us feel better about just how miserable this whole mess is? I read an analogy the other day that said when we get the 'Economic Stimulus Check' and we pay our mortgage, then we are just giving more money to the greedy bastards who sold our butts up the pike to enrich their portfolios. If we pay our taxes with it, then we are essentially saying 'Return to Sender', and if we go to Walmart and splurge and buy some new towels and garden furniture, then we are sending it back to China; from whom our Co-Dependant Government has borrowed it from to make us feel better and ease their guilt just like the parent of an addict! Maybe we should use it get all of our prescriptions refilled and be sure to ask the Doc for our anti-depressant of choice. There's a gazillion of them out there now...so I'm sure we can all find a flavor that we like. Then we will all become comfortably numb, and maybe it won't matter so much to us anymore. De`Nial has often been a nice place to visit but I didn't think anyone really lived there.