Tuesday, April 27, 2010

WALL STREET

goldman sachs has goldfilled sacks

of filthy lucre from the broken backs

of people whose homes are gone,

whose life no longer sings the song

of joy and family. But, we go along

the road of life and find the way

once again.

Friday, April 23, 2010

THE ECONOMICS OF PORN?

From "the Atlantic"

Did Porn Cause the Financial Crisis?
Apr 23 2010, 10:22 AM ET | Comment

The above headline might seem like a joke. It isn't. Senior staffers at the Securities and Exchange Commission were surfing Internet pornography when they should have been policing the financial system. A deeply disturbing SEC memo to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) exposing this problem was reported Thursday night by ABC News. Here are some highlights via the Associated Press:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/04/did-porn-cause-the-financial-crisis/39414/
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Is this the modern version of "Nero fiddled while Rome burned" ?

I heard a comment about the SEC. Should change to SEX

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

IMMIGRATION

There's a huge brouhaha in Arizona about illegal immigration. I'm a child of illegal immigration. Sometime around 1635 my ancestors on my mother's side of the family came from England and settled in what is now New Milford Conn. They stole land from the citizens of the country they settled,and eventually these citizens were driven out and ended up on reservations. Maybe you could say concentration camps.
Jesus said, "Let he among you who is without sin cast the first stone". All we who are TOTALLY INNOCENT may cast stones at the immigrants.
Again, we are back to stupid wars. If not for that, we would have money to both control the borders, and provide help to the poor Mexicans who have little recourse but to cross the border to find work and sustenance for their families. What more noble undertaking is there than to feed the children? Agsin I must remind the so-called "Christians" that Jesus also said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me".

Friday. The Arizona governor signed the bill and it is now law. What a sorry STATE of affairs. That's what I said. Arizona is a sorry state.

WALL STREET CROOKS

I have a new name for the Wall Street company that has fallen into disrepute and is under Federal scrutiny. GOLDFILLED SACKS.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

VIRGINIA

There is a stain of shame on the State of Virginia. They want to dedicate the Month of April to celebrate the Confederacy.
I grew up in small town in Virginia from about 1935 to 1948. They were still "fighting" the Civil War back in those days. I would have hoped that they would be over that by now, more than 60 years later. It seems not.
Shame upon the Republicans. It seems that there is no depth to which they will not sink.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

TRAGEDY IN WEST VIRGINIA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Lewis

The awful coal mine tragedy in West Virginia made me think back to my young days when John L Lewis was head of the mine workers union and labored mightily to improve the horrible conditions that mine workers suffered under.
John L Lewis was hated by the rightwing and the business community as a charlatan who was out to steal their money and give it to the poor white trash who labored in the mines under the most dangerous conditions imaginable.
John L Lewis was a workingman's hero, and deserves sainthood for his efforts to improve the working conditions of the poor people who labored under the lash of uncareing management.
I worked for a number of years in the construction industry and remember difficult conditions. It was NOTHING compared to the what the mine workers suffered.

Friday, April 2, 2010

THE EVIL THAT MEN DO

The symtoms of sickness in the body politic since the health care brouhaha began is the worst in my memory since the evil days of Senator Joe McCarthy and the nefarious activities of the House unAmerican Activities Committee, aka HUAC, back in the 1950's
"When will they ever learn?"