So, in response to more financial institution bail outs, Michele Bachmann made a comment “What’s next, Starbucks? Too big to fail.” The comment confused me. Was she insinuating an extreme? Or does she really like coffee? Because last time I checked, Starbucks was a cafe chain and the rest of the bail outs are major financial institutions. Right? I mean, of all the companies she could have said, why Starbucks? It’s like showing concern that jet ski companies are going to go under. Sure, lots of people like jet skis, but what does that have to do with the economy? It is just coffee, right? Do they hold some secret power over the economy I don’t know about? And if so, should I be scared?
Oh, actually, looking into this a little further, I think it’s just Michele, she seems to think coffee is pretty important to all forms of life, including caribou who would reap the benefits from oil drilling in Alaska by having a proverbial coffee house of their own as they casually gather around the pipeline, exchanging gossip. I know. I’m confused too. Quite an imagination, she must have great dreams.