So...a guy walks into China and says "Give me a loan."...

Absurd: adj

1) at various with reason; manifestly false

2) ludicrous; ridiculous.

According to an article in January, from the New York Times, China has bought up more than 1 trillion dollars of America's debt. In fact, they've bought up so much of our debt, that they are starting to sour on the possibility of buying any more. Mostly because it's bad paper. It has no real value. Regardless, that's a lot of money that we're borrowing from China. Money we're borrowing and paying back with interest.

So, can someone explain this article to me?

Let's forget for a second that man-made global warming is a hoax. Let's forget that China is not our biggest fan. Let's ignore their record on human rights for the moment. Let's suspend all disbelief about all things Chinese and just look at the simplistic stupidity of the premise of this article.

U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern said that there was “no question” that China would receive both financial and technological assistance from the United States as part of upcoming climate change talks to be conducted in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Are you kidding me? Financial and technological assistance? (Say it with me now) What... the... hell? Is this not one of the stupidest things you've ever heard of? Think about this for a minute; what does that phone call sound like?...

America: "Yeah, hey China? I'm kind of in a bind, can I borrow a trill or two. I'll pay you back."

China: "...with interest?"

America: "Of course, I'm good for it."

China: "Ok, sounds good."

America: "Awesome. Hey, by the by, nice work on that whole Olympic Games thing. Real high-powered stuff."

China: "Hey, thanks. To tell the truth, most of it was green-screened, but whatev's. Oh, hey look, while I have you on the phone can we get some cash and technology to reduce our carbon-emissions?"

America: "Wait, you want us to borrow money from you, pay interest on it, and then give you the cash we just borrowed?"

China: "Yeah."

America: "Well, I'm not real good at math...but that seems like a good deal. Ok."

China: ...just laughs as it hangs up the phone.

Are we just the biggest chumps in the world these days or what? When do we wake up?

This would be the funniest damn joke in the world...if the punch-line wasn't coming out of my pocket.