Do you remember a time when there was no yellow family called The Simpsons on TV? Me either, and to be honest thats the way I like it. Every night at 6 and 11 I can be found watching the best family sitcom that ever existed. Sure, I've seen every episode at least 2 or 3 times but with each viewing theres something else to laugh, something else to make you think.
Which is exactly what happened this week. After a very bad day, I was under my covers, having sent Mandy one last message for the evening. She always goes to bed before me, so she can get her son up for school and what not. I digress, so I was under my blankets, the TV on, and my book in hand. Yes I read and watch TV at the same time and no it doesn't take away from either. As the episode began I realized that it was one of my favorites, Bart To The Future.
As I was watching, I noticed that more and more my attention was focused on the show rather than reading, so I put my book down. I noticed that while the episode was clearly talking about the future of Bart and Lisa, they also seemed to be making some pretty bold predictions about the future of the United States.
The first prediction, at least to me was a throwaway line in the episode. Lisa assumes the presidency and is quickly thrown into a financial problem. I don't remember the exact quote but it was something about the former president investing in the children, and that being a mistake. Laugh, laugh, laugh until I tell you that the former president was Trump, as in Donald Trump. Of course the show didn't say his name, just referred to him as President Trump but you knew who they were talking about.
In the past the line was just a throwaway something that I paid no attention to, but recently there have been rumblings that The Donald could be prepping to run for the presidency in 2012. He went as far to brag about it in interviews, saying that in polls that he conducted everything was positive. Could we be seeing a real President Trump in 2012? Lisa Simpson would have a better shot if it were up to me but none the less its eery that the writers seemed to sense that something like this was about to happen.
After renaming the massive tax hike, a temporary refund adjustment, Lisa says that she loves it. Milhouse, who apparently never gets over his crush on Lisa asks what else she loves to which she replies "Fiscal solvency." Ha! Yet again though, it seems like the writers were looking into their crystal ball and letting us know what road we were going to eventually going down.
Recently it has been said that the United States debt could start to cripple the country if the politicians don't start reducing the debt soon. Lisa is dealing with the very same problem, so much so that the U.S. owes every country something, so she decides that a dinner is in order to persuade the countries to give her some time to come up with the cash.
Maybe the writers should open up a psychic hotline, if they ever find themselves on the unemployment line. Well most of the already have but none the less their comedy has somehow turned into theories.