Even Short Days Sometimes Seem Long

Liz and I went to the Farm Bureau meeting and Christmas party last night. It was fun to see friends and talk farming and all, but if I participate in midnight it is usually because I woke up after several hours sleep and looked at the alarm clock.

Last night that was not the case.

The Christmas lights (photographed at the unGodly hour of eleven PM) were seen right next to signs that offered gasoline for sale for under two dollars a gallon. And that was here in NY where anything that moves is taxed, everything stationary is taxed and everything imaginary suffers that same exact fate as well.

To my mind the only economic stimulus this country really needs is signs like that, with a few of those Christmas lights thrown in as an excuse to spend the money saved on fuel. Just give everybody's budget a few weeks to get used to the extra left in the pockets after they pay to make the old Chevy roll down the road and they will get back to spending. You can already see it. Black Friday sales were up three percent, or so I heard, and Cyber Monday sales up a whopping fifteen percent. Was anyone in Washington listening? I guess not.




Anyhow, it is Farm Side Friday, so if you feel like reading, you can find it here.