French Fry Economy Indicator

2006 French Fries

2007 Fries

2008 Fries

2009 Fries

The U.S. government relies to heavily on Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve for indicators on how the economy is growing or shrinking. The Grassy Knoll Institute introduces the Fry Meter Benchmark, a much simpler format to measure the health of the nations economy. The Fry Meter utilizes the large order of fries at the Times Square restaurant located at Geneva On The Lake, Ohio. The size of the portion so goes the size of the economy.

Please take notice of the photo titled 2006 Fries. The tray is piled high with thick crispy french fries signaling the economy is stable and robust.

Photo titled 2007 Fries still shows a large portion, but not piled as high forecasting a slight down turn in the economy.

Photo titled Fries 2008 is clearly a smaller portion than previous years indicating that the economy is on the verge of a recession.

Finally, the photo titled 2009 Fries is a mere shell of the previous fry orders suggesting the economy is in the clutches of a long recessionary period.

The government doesn’t need to spend millions of dollars to analyze data and forecasts of the upcoming soybean crop. Instead, they need to get down to Geneva and order up the large french fry and maybe a cheeseburger as well. It’ll do the economy good.

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President Obama Reads The Grassy Knoll Institute

President Barack Obama unveiled his High Speed Railroad plan today promising to utilize billions of dollars from his stimulus package to fund a new generation passenger service for the 21st century and beyond. President Obama talks of this venture taking time, years to complete, but will strengthen the infrastructure and create thousands of jobs to right the economy.

Below is a quote from Obama taken today from the New York Times:
“What we need, then, is a smart transportation system equal to the needs of the 21st century,” he said, “a system that reduces travel times and increases mobility, a system that reduces congestion and boosts productivity, a system that reduces destructive emissions and creates jobs. There’s no reason why we can’t do this.”

You can find the entire news article here Obama Unveils Hi-Speed Rail.

The Grassy Knoll Institute outlined this plan five years ago. That’s right kids, five years ago. My plan to right the economy begins with the railroad. You can see the entire news article here.
Our Nations Railroad.

Mr. President, the least you could do is give a shout out to the Grassy Knoll Institute, perhaps an invite to a White House dinner, (I could tell you what is really happening on ABC’s Lost) or even season tickets to the Minnesota Vikings. I’ll let you decide. Either way, I want to thank you for reading my humble blog and am delighted that in some small way, I have contributed to the growth of our nation’s economy.

God Bless America!

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Blue Turns Green

Once You Go Green You Never Something Something

In a shocking life story reveal, the infamous Blue known for her photography and edgy poetry, announced that from this day forward, she will now be known as Green, the artist formerly known as Blue.

Blue, err, Green is concerned with the environment and feels that by going green, it will send a strong message to the world that it is time to stop wasting our natural resources and time to triple our efforts in recycling and finding alternate fuel choices.

Her Manifesto can be read here. Wreckfish. Go there now and help save the economy and the environment. Do it now!

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