Was It An Earthquake

Last night, just slightly after midnight, there was some sort of seismic event in southwestern Connecticut.  It was very strange.  The earth started shaking, and that lasted for about 90 seconds.  There was a loud roar which sounded almost like a scream mixed with a screech.  I looked outside, and it seemed to me that the moon had gone dim.  A few car alarms went off down the street and they continued for about another two minutes.  I heard police sirens blasting and looked outside to see two police cars whizzing by; strangely, one seemed to disappear almost as if by magic.  I turned on the TV to see if they had any news about what had just happened.  My wife had left the TV tuned to MSNBC.  It was very weird; on the screen there was a picture of one of their hosts who looked as if he had either fainted or been stricken with something much worse.  In fact, he seemed to foaming at the mouth.  There were EMTs there who seemed to be working to revive him.  That was bizarre enough, but off to the side there was a suitably diverse group acting like a Greek chorus chanting what sounded like dirges.

Then it hit me.  The sequester had gone into effect.  According to the liberals, the world was ending.

Actually nothing happened.  But, of course, that is no surprise.  The entire hype from president Obama and all the other Obamacrats was nothing but a ploy to scare people into opposing any cut to spending.