Is there any more evidence necessary that the economy is going to hell in a handbasket than today’s 6.66% decline in the S&P.  That’s right, 666; The Number of the Beast.  Coincidence?  You make the call.

Just to be safe, I’d keep the President away from thin ice.  And somebody should shave Tim Geithner’s head, pronto.

If the reaction to the ongoing debt crisis is any indicator, the devil is not just in the details, but apparently also in the thought processes of those calling for more Keynesian stimulus (i.e. another payroll tax holiday, an extension of unemployment benefits, and subsidization of infrastructure projects).  Yep, more government spending to cure a spending problem.  Brilliant.  Exactly how many times does the medicine have to fail before its prescribers realize they’re killing the patient?  I mean, c’mon.  It’s crapped out three times since 2008 alone.  Pro-growth anyone?

To paraphrase Churchill, a nation that thinks it can spend itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

It’s just hard to fathom.  How do people keep clinging to something so clearly wrong?  Why can’t they realize they’re in an abusive relationship and simply cut the cord?  Big Government is beating the hell out of them…and by extension, all of us, too.

Paging Dr. Phil!

On second thought, get an exorcist.  They just might need the Hell (capital ‘H’) beat out of them. 

Don't snicker.  It may possibly be the last resort, and it could provide the President with the one excuse he’s yet to trot out—"The devil made me do it."

What a day!

I bet the President’s head is spinning.  Let’s hope anyway.

P.S.  Note of caution to Paul Krugman’s New York Times colleagues:  Beware of projectile green vomit.