I meant to get more done but….

I faffed really badly. There`s just so much crap going on in the world at the moment, that it`s tricky to get a handle on what is important and what is not (at least, in my humble opinion).

Let`s turn to my favourite topic: bankers, financial snake-oil merchants and other dubious characters. I checked this one out at The Huffington Post. We`re all familiar with kind of scum that infest places such as Wall Street and The City, but this just goes to show the ruthless dog-eat-dog mentality of some of these `people`. The person in question (Martin Erzinger) should be doing time, but  – because of his elevated status as a `wealth creator`, he`s got away with paying damages. Money is not enough: just what kind of message does this send out? That it`s ok to act in a criminal and heartless manner, to behave with no conscience just because you`re working in the financial sector? Given the way the bail-outs were handled though, that`s the kind of message that governments have sent back to the financial vandals who trashed the world`s economy, plunging countless thousands into unemployment, poverty and homelessness. Thinking about it, Bin Laden must be laughing: the damage done by the bankers has been worse than a thousand Bin Ladens could ever hope to achieve. The convoluted manner of some of the `exotic` financial vehicles (hiding debt within debt within debt) has resulted in a spaghetti junction that makes Rubik`s Cube look like child`s play.

I really hope that something life-changing happens to Erzinger.

 

This is just pure foolishness!

Crikey! After hearing so much stuff about the `zany` Americans have gone gaga  – no, not the skank – over the Tea Party movement, I thought things couldn`t get much worse. WRONG!

I can`t see how people are so damn stupid to buy into this stuff (quite often literally, as Televangelists make some serious money). Enough bitching, anyway, just sit back and ponder how fucking gullible some people can be.