Some guy was on NPR today talking about how America can get our international standing back in the face of dominant emerging markets like China and India, and he said we were going to have to use carrots and sticks. I was just sitting there in the car (I always listen to NPR in the car), trying to figure out how using carrots, and I guess sticks too, was going to get our international dominance back. So, are we supposed to eat the carrots and the sticks? That’s weird, because then he said that we were going to have to “swallow our pride” too. You mean after eating all those carrots and sticks? Aren’t we going to be all full of carrots and sticks; so if we also try to swallow our pride on top of all that, won’t we throw up? Then the world is going to think that America is trying to solve our obesity epidemic with bulimia! How embarrassing!
It’s no wonder this guy was on NPR! I keep hearing they hate America, and after having some guy try to trick us into eating sticks, I think that might be right!
