Brett Pierce, Come On Down.....That is if You're Not a Marxist

Since I'm now an expert economist, my brain seems to be working on a whole new level. I understand what the news is saying, I feel like I can manage a 401k, and I've been able to affectively lower my grocery bill (USE A CALCULATOR!!!!!!). But one surprising ability that has come from making an "A" on my first economics exam is the sheer ability to own "The Price is Right".
And there's no better place to prove my worth than the Showcase Showdown. The first Showcase came up and, to be brief, it was a car and a Macbook Pro. Yeah, that was it....economy is getting to us all I guess. Now, coming into the showcase a little late I didn't get the specs on the car, so I put in a bid of $23,230. The woman bid on it, and then the next showcase came up to bid. Once again to be brief, it was a trip to New York with $2000 in cash and a pontoon boat with another $2000 cash for gas. I bid $18,875.
So the first women bid (Car/Computer) $19-thousand something with the actual retail price being $26-thousand and something (she obviously didn't account for inflation, wink). So right there I beat her. I win, give me the showcase. But then Here's where it gets interesting. The next woman (Boat/Trip) very quickly, and quite stupidly, bid $34,000. I mean come on! Go check out a Bass Pro once in a while. Actual retail price being, wait for it, $18,888. Nailed it, I get both showcases.
Imagine my confidence as I sent out texts and then received the proper congratulations. But those proud text turned to disappointment and utter shock as I called my girlfriend to tell her the good news. This is what she said to me, promise.

"What is the Price is Right?"

At this point my jaw is on the ground. And as I sat there, silent, I pondered all the ways in which one could not know that The Price is Right exists. And then my thoughts turned to her and how confused she must be and what was going on in her head trying to figure out what a "price is right" was. Poor thing. This on the heels of the "Great, Wheel of Fortune Enlightenment" in December of 2010 (ask her about it, I'm sure she would love to talk about it). Poor thing.
But of course there is always something I can blame it on, Communism. Yes, I shouldn't expect her to know about "America's Game Show" that promotes the naming, bidding, and guessing on consumer products from a capitalistic society, while she is being fed idealistic lies on a ruthless, socialistic island. She never had the benefit (or pleasure) of being sick, not going to school, and watching Bob Barker in the morning. She has had to deal with all her Plinko winnings being divided equally among the masses. Poor thing.

So, what's next. Well she has her citizenship interview soon. Where she'll have to know many things about our country. However we're going to have to have our own little review of all things American sometime. Finally, be thankful that you have the right to drop a disk through a matrix of pegs with the chance to earn cash.

Please leave your Patriotic comments below, and May God Bless America!