
bankruptcy is funny!
Son’s got gambling debt
Statutory spendthrift rule
You’ve just saved his trust
(courtesy of nelly!)
Learn: Bankruptcy in the United States
Image source: Houston’s Clear Thinkers

bankruptcy is funny!
Son’s got gambling debt
Statutory spendthrift rule
You’ve just saved his trust
(courtesy of nelly!)
Learn: Bankruptcy in the United States
Image source: Houston’s Clear Thinkers
Millionaires can afford to
Live in Manhattan.
Read: As Some U.S. Markets Level Off, Housing Slump Hits Manhattan
Image Source: Wikimedia

Thank you, New York Times.
Now I can rationalize
My candy habit.
Savings sour, the sweets
Still sweet. Who needs a mortgage
When there’s Gummy Bears?
Read: When Economy Sours, a Tootsie Roll can still Soothe the Soul
Image source: Shape and Colour

The mad man and the
Funny man duel. Glissade, feint…
Stewart, the winner!
Is it comedy
Or tragedy? It’s just so
Hard to tell, these days.
Image source: The Globe and Mail
Watch : Extended Daily Show Interview

all the king's horses and all the king's men?
Motorcades, traffic
and finance, oh my! Bush plays
host, for one last time.
Image source: The Economist

ground zero
A vegan bailout
Bill, no additives. Just a
huge new debt ceiling.
3 pages long, but
I’m sure they can find a way
to add in some pork.
Read: $700 Billion is Sought for Wall Street in Vast Bailout
Image Source: Flickr

feel free to insert your own communist-themed caption here
China! China! Chiiiiiii-
Na! China China China!
Go China! China!
Read: Western Olympic Ads Cheerlead for China

drip coffee
The list of closures,
Published. Now, start planning for
The Apocalypse.
escher on too much caffeine
Starbucks closing stores.
Without three on every
block, what will I do?

el jefe
Deficits blossom,
a tree of debtors’ flowers
with no future seeds.
Shrub unites us all
Could never ever divide
Division too hard.
I own senate and
house of reprehensibles
how? strategery!
If all you have is
ignorance and confidence,
then success is sure.
If films fail, we know
not to see the sequel. Why
not so with leaders?
(courtesy of Irregular Times: Haiku page)

Adam Smith
I have a headache
and your talk of supply and
demand does not help.
Perhaps if you could
supply me with some advil
we could be good friends.
I’ll paint your nails as
you read Marx and draw curves. Your
toes look good in red.
But after two weeks
you’d stop calling. I’m just not
efficient enough.
(from the archives)