We Can't Make It Here

Wanna Make A Bet?

We all remember the bet:

On Saturday, December 10th, 2011, Mitt "I'm Also Unemployed" Romney bet Rick Perry $10,000 that there is not a passage in his book on individual mandates for health insurance. Immediately the "lamestream" media blasted Mitt for being so out of touch with the average American and for being so crass and, well, stupid to make such a large bet on a nationally televised debate. As we all know, such bets should be restricted to golf foursomes and the snifter room at exclusive mens' social clubs.

So, here I am - more than one month later - rehashing this old news to prove that such a bet was no big deal. To prove my point, I did some simple math. Based on his now released tax returns for 2011, Mitt Romney made about $56,986 a day. According to The USA Today, the median household income in 2011 was $49,445 for the year. Divide that by 365 (fuck that 1/4 of a day shit), and the median daily income for the average American was $135.47 a day.

Here's some more fifth grade math. A $10,000 bet, for Mitt "I'm Just Like You" Romney, based on his average daily income in 2011, is only 17.5% of his daily income. That's like the average American worker making a $23 bet with his buddy that Billy Cundiff is going to miss that last second field goal to cost the Ravens a chance to go to the Super Bowl. Easy money, right?

So, let's all pretend that Mitt didn't bet Rick Perry $10,000. Let's just imagine it was $23, and we can all hold our noses and vote for a Mormon.

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How better to inaugurate another year of blog posting than by hearing it from a master, much like the spinning of "Like A Rolling Stone" just after the ball has dropped. I found these two interview gems the other day and maybe it's just that they're written pieces, but I'm not sure I've seen such length and candor, aside from Chronicles, which I'm still holding out to read.

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