D.C. Power Outage?

Posted by LK on 6/13/08 • Categorized as Anarchy, Energy: alt and conventional, Financial Markets, Politics, Satire, The Economy and Markets

Heard a snippet of news concerning a partial blackout in Washington D.C. It’s probably not widespread enough, nor will it last long enough, to do some real damage, which, paradoxically, might also do a world of good.

A few quick observations:

1. With any luck, the mint was in the outage zone so that, temporarily at least, it could stop churning out dollars that dilute the value of the ones you’ve got in your wallet.

2. Like a socket with no juice flowing to or through it, Washington exudes the appearance of power, yet is impotent.

3. With traffic lights out, gridlock ensued, drivers had the keen insight to turn off their engines, and the national demand for gasoline diminished just a bit, thereby causing a dip in the price of oil.

4. Hopefully the massive, steel-reinforced concrete doors that seal Cheney’s bunker have no backup generator, and he was tucked in for the night and still sleeping soundly when the bunker went off the grid.