Times will get worse. Worse for thee, not for me

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Uppity Woman

While discussing the little celebratory event The President had for a bunch of cooperative members of Congress who mortgaged our kids’ future to pay off those special interests, one of our readers asked

WTF is Wagyu?

Subjects, wagyuribsteakWagyu is the most expensive beef you can buy. 

Let’s just say that if you lost all of your Wall Street investments and also are having a bit of a worry about your mortgage, your job or  the cost of heating your home this winter, you won’t be buying Wagyu.

On the other hand, if you were to, say, live a Do As I Say and Not As I Do life like some people seem to continuously do, you could set your thermostat at 70 degrees AND buy Wagyu, particularly if somebody else was paying for it.

At $100 for a 16-ounce porterhouse steak, Wagyu beef might be a hard sell.  Evan Lobel, of famous New York butcher shop Lobel’s, is undaunted.

He’s already selling at least 100 of his beyond-prime porterhouses each month, plus 150 or more bone-in strip steaks starting at $89 a pound, 100 bone-in hip steaks and so on — well over $55,000 worth of meat — to a star-studded roster of clients.

Scuse me while I bow my head. I cannot get out of my head Michelle’s remark on the campaign trail — before they pulled her off with a hook. I remember her saying something to the effect that she doesn’t think “people need much”.  No Wagyu for You.

So you see folks, you would have to be completely unaffected by the economy in order to be buying Wagyu.

Or you could be the President of the United States.

 Or you could be a member of Congress.

They can eat Wagyu and get you to pay for it besides.

Remember this the next time President Obama tells you he feels your pain and reminds you that things will get worse and you will have to make sacrifices.  He means  Sacrifice For Thee, Not For Me.

I can guarantee you that tax rebate you are going to get won’t buy much Wagyu so get that out of your head and sock that money away– because you are going to need it when this bunch gets done with you.

But something else came to mind as we were discussing Wagyu. It’s the little matter of the Director of Greening and the Carbon Advisor that were hired by the DNC for the convention. Remember that? Well let me refresh your memory, because this was very important to Barack Obama and the DNC when they were trying to impress everybody about how Green they were and how healthy they were going to eat. 

They made quite a big production out of it. All those steamed green veggies and  ratatouille and other good stuff, lorded over by the Director of  Greening and the Carbon Advisor. In fact the Official  Carbon Advisor’s job for the convention was:

“measure the greenhouse-gas emissions of every placard, every plane trip, every appetizer prepared and every coffee cup tossed.”

I bet that Wagyu would have given her a stroke. I’ll bet they didn’t dine under curly yellow light bulbs either.

I guess  she wasn’t invited to this party though.  The Minister of Plenty has taken her place. That’s because Obama and the rest of this merry band of thieves no longer give a shit what we think of them. To quote Nancy,

“We won”.

Yes Nancy. And somehow as moments move along and we watch you operate, we understand that You Won and We Lost– for  several generations to come.

At least Nero could play the fiddle.

 

Filed under: Bamboozled, Barack Obama, Congress, Hoodwinked, House, Senate

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39 Responses

  1. Star, on February 1, 2009 at 11:34 AM said:

    I heard the president has to pay his own grocery bill and Bush said wait’ll you see the first one. I have no idea how that works…me wantee a nice steak. Can’t even remember steak, much less steak made from cows massaged with shea butter or something.

  2. yttik, on February 1, 2009 at 12:07 PM said:

    I’m really tried of lectures from politicians about how hard things are and how much you’re all going to have to sacrifice because of it. But even worse, I’m so sick of the people who cheer this kind of crap on.

    They are stealing from the poor and giving to the wealthy. I almost prefer it when the Republicans do it, they leave out the moralizing and guilt tripping lectures and don’t waste time lying to you about what they’re doing.

  3. Uppity Woman, on February 1, 2009 at 12:07 PM said:

    I’ll bet that when it comes to “official dinners and events” that rule is out. the. window.

    Besides, he’s from Chicago. You think the only money he’s going to end up with comes from his salary?

  4. Uppity Woman, on February 1, 2009 at 12:09 PM said:

    Jimmy Carter tried that Let’s You Sacrifice thing and it’s All Your Fault too. Look how well that worked out for him. Next we will see Obama in a sweater lecturing us.

  5. Star, on February 1, 2009 at 12:17 PM said:

    Oh, I am sure when you invite someone over, we pick up the check…

  6. Uppity Woman, on February 1, 2009 at 12:29 PM said:

    Star, you can bet on it. And don’t think there weren’t left over steaks either.

  7. Jimbo, on February 1, 2009 at 12:40 PM said:

    Let’s raid the WH dumpsters! Oh wait…that would be terraism.

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  9. imustprotest, on February 1, 2009 at 12:56 PM said:

    This is just so vulgar, it actually grosses me out. I’ve got this mental picture of Henry VIII shoving food down his pie hole and drinking out of a golden challis…. I hope they all suffer with severe cases of gout.

  10. Star, on February 1, 2009 at 1:01 PM said:

    Pie hole? Hmmm…OK, I am shutting up…don’t hit.

  11. workingclass artist, on February 1, 2009 at 1:01 PM said:

    Hmmm…..I feel like that Peguin gettin smacked down in your video

  12. DaddysDarlin, on February 1, 2009 at 1:02 PM said:

    Why should the American people pick up the tab for those who can most afford to pick up their own tabs?
    Disgusting.

  13. thetownecrier, on February 1, 2009 at 1:09 PM said:

    Don’t forget, a sweater with a flag pin. ‘Cuz you know, enough flack triggers some damage control. Betcha Wagyu was served with Arugula…

  14. Swell528, on February 1, 2009 at 1:14 PM said:

    We should each mail the Obama’s a cheap pound of hamburger, you know, what we eat.

  15. imustprotest, on February 1, 2009 at 1:18 PM said:

    I’ve already read some apologist Bot comments about this….”It was a cocktail party, they only got a silver of the meat”! and “it’s not like they had a whole steak to themselves!” This is your brain…this is your brain on kool-aide. Any questions?

  16. Uppity Woman, on February 1, 2009 at 1:39 PM said:

    Doh. Figures.

  17. raGing, on February 1, 2009 at 1:56 PM said:

    toothpick rule doesn’t apply to this meal. just to lobbyist lunches. if they can stick it on a toothpick it’s not pay for play.
    these steaks were on the public dime & washed down with the Prez’ favorite Vodka Martini’s.
    a spread of other goodies too & i’m sure PIE.

  19. yttik, on February 1, 2009 at 4:14 PM said:

    “We should each mail the Obama’s a cheap pound of hamburger, you know, what we eat.”

    Dang, you can still afford hamburger??

  20. deadenders, on February 1, 2009 at 4:17 PM said:

    I wouldn’t waste the money sending anything but a pile of Zoe’s shit to barry.

  21. lee M., on February 1, 2009 at 4:27 PM said:

    This should go over big with the homeless who can’t even afford a balogna sandwich. Lots of baloney around though. That’s something the “One” is famous for. Unfortunately he doesn’t give us any bread to go with it.

  22. Swell528, on February 1, 2009 at 4:55 PM said:

    Yea, I can afford hamburger once in awhile. It’s the new steak for the masses. Just think it would be funny to fill up the mailroom at the whitehouse with millions of pounds of smelly, rotting hamburger. lol

  23. foxyladi14, on February 1, 2009 at 4:59 PM said:

    i get all my meat in the marked down section..i didn’t get any today they had none..someone else beat me to it.
    i did get some marked down milk tho..
    expires 2/2/09
    a pince of salt will keep it good will last all week..

  24. RedDragon62, on February 1, 2009 at 5:20 PM said:

    Hello Uppity!

    Great post! I linked your site on a post I wrote on Poverty. As always, I credited where credit was due.

    I would love to have a slice of that Wagyu! The stones on these people! I guess this was the “Change” we were told was coming huh?

  25. imustprotest, on February 1, 2009 at 6:08 PM said:

    Does anyone have a recipe for Wagyu steak that we can add to the Poverty Recipes thread?? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

  26. Uppity Woman, on February 1, 2009 at 6:52 PM said:

    Well does possum come in grades? Prime possum?

  27. Swell528, on February 1, 2009 at 7:00 PM said:

    Grading system for possum:

    Fresh Kill — Last Weeks Kill — Road Kill — Government Issued Possum

  28. deadenders, on February 1, 2009 at 7:27 PM said:

    “Well does possum come in grades?”
    But of course dahling.
    All depends on how many different cars run it over.

  29. Palin4Prez, on February 1, 2009 at 7:47 PM said:

    So it’s like olive oil. The grades go down with more pressings.

  31. deadenders, on February 1, 2009 at 10:13 PM said:

    I’m quite surprised they didn’t serve pork in honor of the stimulus bill.

  32. vbonnaire, on February 2, 2009 at 12:19 AM said:

    Maybe it’s cloned?

    EEwwwwwwwwwww!

  33. Uppity Woman, on February 2, 2009 at 1:35 AM said:

    Well with all that marbling, it’s a heart attack on a plate. lol.

    It’s not cloned, just our politicians are cloned. Soon as we get rid of one, they give us another one just like him.

    It’s the american version of japanese Kobe beef. I bet it just melts right in your mouth. Nice glass of Pinot Noir, maybe some asparagus, some wasabi sauce. Baked Po. Aw Geese.

  34. Uppity Woman, on February 2, 2009 at 1:36 AM said:

    Fresh Kill — Last Weeks Kill — Road Kill — Government Issued Possum

    First time I ever saw a possum I thought it was a mutant rat. Nasty looking thing.

  35. deadenders, on February 2, 2009 at 8:03 AM said:

    UW true story. When I was in college the house I rented with some friends that had a small pool in the backyard. One morning senior O’possum is doing laps. I went to get it our with a pool screen on a pole. The ungrateful little bastard started hissing, showed it’s teeth and tried to bite me. Needless to say a pool screen makes a hell of a catapult.

  36. Star, on February 2, 2009 at 10:04 AM said:

    If your car gets re-poed–no dinner.

  37. Star, on February 2, 2009 at 10:07 AM said:

    By the way, speaking of vicious circles–now they are saying our not spending and (ACK) saving is killing what’s left of the economy. Yes–it must be BOTH ways. But since we don’t have equity money to eke by on now, we can’t spend. And we may be so hornetbasket mad at these twits by the time someone gets more in their paycheck (which by the way I don’t get one of) that we don’t spend that either. They don’t seem to get that for us to tool along our merry way keeping things going we needed A FINANCIAL SYSTEM. Got that, you morons–A FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

  38. gagirl, on February 2, 2009 at 5:20 PM said:

    Exactly right, Star. They keep telling us how bad things are, but then wonder why we aren’t going to spend?? We are hoarding, buying used if at all, and holding tight to every cent that comes through our little hands, at home and at work.

    All I see from our elected officials is that they want to spend a buttload of money but they don’t know what it is going to do and they know they are going to have to spend lots more afterwards. No system at all. No basis in history. No idea what will happen. What leadership.

  39. Palin4Prez, on February 2, 2009 at 5:37 PM said:

    Barfy doesn’t want the economy to improve. He wants it to fail. He wants the Dow below 5000 and unemployment at 10%. When he passes the Porkulus package, another TARP and The New New Deal, then it will be okay for the economy to improve on its own.

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