Posted 7:56 PM by Gene

This will sound exceedingly crass but given that our superiors have evidently decided to turn yesterday's catastrophe into a political food fight to end all food fights, we must ask -- how would the massacre look on an economic impact statement? It is not pleasant to contemplate that it might be exceedingly profitable -- starting with the millions to be spent (and made) on tending to the dead and wounded, long-term nursing assistance, police protection and other ancillary actions, and ascending to the many millions political screaming meemies like GEORGE SOROS will raise to declare a permanent state of war on their cold-blooded ENEMIES, the conservatives and Republicans WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER, and the many millions conservatives and Republicans will raise to fight back with their own blatherskite; and the many many more millions to be made by cable "news" organizations in "reporting" it -- and SLIME and PEPE LE PEW BEWKES and LOUSY MAYS and BRIAN ROBBER will make the money as big as possible by turning this into a long-term fixation. (And not just cable; Politico.com will be off the scale for WEEKS.) We cringe to say this but we think such a massacre is a net economic positive. Would BRIAN WILLIAMS and LITTLE JEFFY have plastered that damned NBC NEWS logo over their exclusive video if they didn't see big profits? All things considered, yesterday will prove extremely profitable -- except for the people, who lose things beyond mere money, like trust in their leaders, or hope for the future.