Japan’s Poverty God. I’m Serious.

Hey! Can you believe it? Japan has a poverty god. The one thing I love about Japan and, let’s just say, the one thing I love about Asians is that they always have a way to release tension, you know, whether it’s through meditation, martial arts………

But now they’ve really done it. They have a POVERTY GOD.

Four hours outside of Tokyo, there’s a punching bag that looks like a gnarled old man and people come from all over to punch on this bag. Japan is really feeling this recession too. So they get to go to this poverty god and beat the shit out of it.

How awesome is that?

Now that’s the kind of relief the United States needs. What’s really amazing about it is that it was created by a banker 7 years ago who got laid off. But instead of killing himself, taking a sword and performing hari kari, he decides to make a punching bag. And that is cool.

Domo Origato (Mr. Robato!)

I hope that America will follow Japan. Other than the dumb guys at GM, I hope some bankers ( I know there are a couple of them that are laid off), maybe Citigroup, can get together and get a dummy in the middle of New York City, maybe Times Square, and everyone from around the country can come and punch on our own Poverty God. And Guess who’s face is going to be on it?

George W!