Bush is fattening the calf

The Japanese have a method for fattening Kobe beef that entails suspending the calf in a sling, force feeding it to the bursting point and massaging it to keep the fat and muscle well marbled and tender. At the proper time the calf is butchered and sold for hundreds of dollars per pound.

The stock market is President Bush's Kobe beef, which he plans to force feed to the bursting point with diverted Social Security funds. Inflated stock prices will result from too much money chasing too few stocks. At the proper time the butchers will arrive to carve up the carcass.

Butchers such as Jeff Fastow, Ken Lay, Bernie Ebbers, Michael Milken or their spiritual heirs will divide the carcass among themselves and send the scraps to the dog food factory. From there working people and the middle class can feed themselves in their old age and watch the feast with their noses pressed against the window.

Glenn A. Lange

Marcus, WA

The Spokesman Review