In The Spirit of Tom Lehrer...

Some numbers out this AM. Inflation up and jobless claims up (I'm not gonna link, go read the damn news yourself). In other words, stagflation.

Sometimes you gotta laugh to keep from crying, so I thought I'd start a fun little project to re-write the Johnny Cash classic in line with a classic NBfPB blog post. I'll kick it off with the first verse.

Obama's economy has just turned three
And it doesn't yield much for ma and me
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
To Martha's Vineyard, he run and hid
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, he went and brought on "Stagflation"

Here are the lyrics. I encourage all to join in on the fun!