A Chips Economy -- Oh, the Humanity!

Could it be a sign of economic meltdown?

First there was that strange story earlier this week of a woman in Oklahoma City accepting a case of Doritos as payment for sexual favors. (The "john" was not charged; perhaps he was given credit for original thinking.)

Now there's this: a domestic dispute in Tennessee in which the couple assaulted one another with Cheetos.

A local couple arrested on domestic assault charges Sunday had an unusual choice of alleged weaponry -- Cheetos.

Warrents filed by Cpl. Kevin Roddy, of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department, stated he responded to a call at a home on Pass Road, where 40-year-old James Earl Taylor and Mary S. Childers, 44, were allegedly involved in an argument.

According to Roddy's report, the pair became "involved in a verbal altercation" with each other "at which time Cheetos potato chips were used in the assault."

"There was evidence of the assault," the report read, "however no physical marks on either party and the primary aggressor was unable to be determined."

Both Taylor and Childers were charged by Roddy with domestic assault. Both posted a bond of $2,500 and will appear in Bedford County General Sessions Court on July 15.

I'm just looking for a little Pretzel Logic here.

Is this the kind of nation we wish to become, where we are reduced to using potato chips for money and ammo?

This is the kind of nightmare that will only get worse under Waxman-Markey (Cap'n Tax).