CLIFF NOTES

Now that the election is over, politicians in Washington and the media have turned their attention to the

“What am I doing here? Read on and you’ll find out……”

Fiscal Cliff that is on the immediate horizon. The cliff, which is at the intersection of Budget Boulevard and Austerity Avenue, is something the government would like to avoid.

Said a congressional spokesman “Everyone on both sides has to find a way to work together – we need to walk hand-in-hand along Compromise Causeway, and spend some time roaming the open spaces of Deal Dales.” The White House agreed, saying “we need to get the economy sailing back on Right-track River. Median Meadow would be a great place for stroll through Sanity Square. Of course it would help if the media stopped giving every issue a stupid name.”

The Media were not impressed. “Actually it was Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, who first coined the phrase, ‘Fiscal Cliff.’ But as always, politicians want to blame the media. They just can’t help climbing Accusation Alp.”    (Enough, The Ed.)

Message from The Editor –  We apologize for these trite and infantile Sunday Slant articles that make light of the world’s economic situation. That being said, what do you call a man with a seagull on his head? Cliff. And what do you call a man with a seagull on his head who won’t take his turn buying a round in the pub? Fiscal Cliff.  (that really is enough! The Ed.)