Bursting the Balloon

BIDEN BROUGHT DOWN THE BALLOON, albeit a bit belatedly, arguably.We now might anticipate praise, applause, and approval from Republican territory, and our expectations might well be disappointed. What we are likely to be confronted with instead are the usual inane conspiracy theories. Biden built the balloon for china, launced it secretively, then destroyed it only becaue his nefarious pro-Chinese traitorous behavior was found out. The balloon was a joint project by the DNC, the mainstream liberal media, and China, and its deflation a ruse to infuse enthusiasm into lagging Biden reelection chances. The possibilities are endless. The balloon would have been allowed to proceed on its merry eavesdropping way, but for pressure applied from G.O.P. and Christian conservative ranks. All this, notwithstanding the fact that the balloon was flying over international waters almsot the entire time unti it made a left turn at Alaska, and got itself ensconced over American then Canadian terriroty almost before its detection, or before the U.S. military had an opportunity to advise the president on a course of action, and by teh time they did, the civilian population. Tne M.A.G.A. mob will of coufse omit mention of the fact that during the Trump administration no fewer than three such balloons were launched by China, and floated about for a significant amount of time, possibly with evil intent, before self destructing without any assistance from the stable genius himself. Here we suggest that Biden, in his "State of the Union" speech, address the likely complaints of Governor Sanders before she hits the ariwaves with her venemous spew. Something like this: "Governor Sanders will in a few minutes tell the American people that I am weak on China, even though I brought down the balloon, and she did not. Governor Sanders will in a few minutes tell the American people that my economic policies are ineffective, even as new jobs are created at a record pace, and inflation, which was caused by the pandemic and only th epandemic, continues to slow, even as the pandemic lingers. The governor will try to tell you that we msut not raise the debt ceiling until Democrats agree to massive decreases in social spending, spending for the poor, even though during the Trump administration the debt ceiling was raised three times, unconditionally, without a whimper of Republican complaint. Governor Sanders will spew the usual Republican line, that all Democratic proposals and programs are harmful, when actually they are only harmful to arguments in favor of the disfunctioanl Republican agenda. What governor Sanders will not tell you is the truth; that the Republican agenda is both intellectually and morally bankrupt, promulgated by a gang of hypocritical, dishonest gangsters. The underwater missing parts recovery effort now underway will reveal the balloon's true purpose, as China must have foreseen. Most likely it will show the aircraft to indeed have been a spy apparatus, strange, since China already has spy satellites in high Earth orbit which do this work with much greater efficiency and clarity. So, why bother? Alas, the inscrutable oriental mind...But as the Cninese themselves said to us, in their ever laconic, dead pan, smart ass way: "why make wiild guessses?" In other words, it is, or rather was, a weather balloon, according to them. Fat chance. And, well, anyway....sooner rather than later, we'll know for sure.