December 1, 2008

(SOUTH CAROLINA) - A bum and and a farmer walk into a bar. The bum says,"Lemme buy you a drink."

The farmer says, "Fine, as long as you use your money."

The bum says, "Never mind!"

This ancient, dreadful joke is right on the money when it comes to our economically divided country.

If you live in the North, or any place where they worship unions, your economy stinks. If you live in the South, or any place where unions are recognized as being the detriment they are, the economy is not bad at all. We have said all this before. Recently.

What's new is that a group of dummies, who have been wrong more times than an ESPN football color announcer, said we've been in a recession for six months. The National Bureau of Economic Research are the dummies. They have no idea. And if they do, they're not telling the truth.

Recently, a Russian economist said that America will split into five different areas within 25 years. That's interesting, because it would certainly allow them to become more powerful. But he may be on to something.

Back in the 1840's the northern industrialists manipulated politics while the Whigs stood by and let them. The Progressives too. The rich Southern states wound up paying for their greed and political manipulation. When they reacted, the northern industrialists made it impossible for the Whigs to keep going and they went out of business. The Republicans created themselves and the rest is history.

It's happening, again.

The NBER is just a reflection of northern rust-belt unions and their hapless puppets in government. But there are many conservatives who live where the sun DOES shine, who are tired of picking up the bill for people who don't put anything back.

The vital and vibrant South is still filled with prosperous people who want to see the "great experiment" work. But it will not always be so. And if the morons on wall street and their silly companions in the media continue with their chicken little outlook, things could get much worse where things are good, right now.

This is a warning. That's all it can be. For now.

- Dick Anderson