Sunday, February 7, 2010

On A Rampage

With all apologies to EPMD and LL Cool J, I think I have a solution to our country's economic crisis. It's so simple, so easy, and straightforward that I can't be the first person to have thought of it. I just wonder why the government hasn't done anything to implement this master plan. What is the plan? Glad you asked.
   We need to get giant monsters to rampage through our cities.
   Yup, it's just that easy. We get someone to go to Monster Island - I'd say Raymond Burr but he's dead - rile up a few of the bigger, more aggressive monsters, let them know that the provocation is coming from the USA, and then sit back and watch the rampaging begin.
   Sure, there would be some destruction, but you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs, and think of all the jobs created during the eventual re-construction after the monsters bust up a few of our cities. You'd need platoons of carpenters, masons, engineers, plumbers, landscapers, and all sorts of other professions that actually do something, as opposed to stock brokers or other financial parasites. People would need raw materials, there'd be a boom in recycling, probably a run on giant monster meat before it spoiled, all sorts of demand for lasers that could penetrate foot-thick monster hide. I tell you, commerce will just start humming along again. And don't even get me started on all the local landmarks that will need special attention when the monsters are done. Believe me, when Godzilla comes stomping through Seattle he's gonna use the Space Needle as a weapon, and they'll want to replace it once he's subdued.
   It'll be like Eisenhower and his Interstate Highway System, only with giant monsters.
   I'd want Gamera to come through LA, because he's nicer than the other monsters so he'd likely be more choosy about what to destroy, and because he does gymnastics, like a 200-foot-tall Mary Lou Retton with a turtle shell on her back.
   Somebody get the President on the phone.

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