Wile E. Coyote & The Economy.

In his April Editor's Letter entitled "Once More Into the Void," Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter evoked a beloved cartoon character in his assessment of America's economic woes:

"As far as the global economic crisis goes, part of me thinks the U.S. has gone off a cliff pretty much the way Wile E. Coyote does in the Road Runner cartoons. He doesn’t drop immediately; he’s suspended in midair. He knows he shouldn’t be out there, but he’s not plunging! Filled with hope, he begins to gingerly tiptoe his way back to the ledge. He’s almost made it—he’s not going to fall! And then, with a puff of dust, he’s gone, plummeting far, far down into the canyon. As a nation, we might just be in the tiptoeing stage: we know we’ve screwed up big-time, but we’re praying that we can get back to the ledge before gravity takes over."

This gives me hope. Wile always survived.

Read the full article at: http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2009/04/graydon200904.