Drunken Sailors Have Feelings Too

Sometimes we take to saying things just because we’ve heard them so many times. It’s oft times a knee-jerk reaction and we don’t even think of the people we offend with our comments. If I’m anything, it’s a stickler for political correctness and fairness to all possibly disparaged groups that make up this great country.

For that reason I feel morally obligated to direct your attention to Mike Shedlock’s post (Mish’s Global Economics blog) on Monday, February 1st. In this article, titled “In Defense of Drunken Sailors” Mike highlights the continued efforts of our government to reach a new national debt record. Comparing them to drunken sailors has rung an ill chord with some however, not least of whom being drunken sailors.
A friend of his writes the following:

Mish,

I can’t take it anymore. I need to take a stand. Right here. Right now. Lately, so much hate and vitriol has been directed at drunken sailors….
When pulling into a foreign port after many weeks or months at sea with the world’s finest navy, I always looked forward to sampling the native’s libations. Yes, I got hammered.

However, when I ran out of money I STOPPED DRINKING! I didn’t club the patron on the bar stool next to me over the head and rob him so I could continue drinking. I didn’t call me wife and ask her to cash in the kids college funds so I could continue drinking. I didn’t write my unborn grandkids an IOU so I could continue drinking. I just stopped and stumbled back to the liberty launch for a cheeseburger. I knew I’d have some cash next payday and I could hit the bars and clubs in the next liberty port.

The Obama administration and Congress are more like big bratty bullying children at Toys R’ Us; clothes-lining the mega-sized stuffed giraffes and charging it to their parents American Express cards. This analogy is better because children are often times ignorant to the fact that their parents are not millionaires, and they’re generally too young to blog. So they won’t be finding this post and getting offended any time soon.

If you like this blog I invite you to head over to my other site, Collardspot. Unlike this one it doesn't cover anything financial, but it is a nice resting place for the creatively minded- as so many financial people secretly are.