IMP BlogInfinite Monkey Pile
There's a scientific theory that states if you had an infinite amount of monkeys, they would eventually write the entire works of Shakespeare. So what about a couple monkeys?
Biggest Intra-Day Drop in History
In case you missed it, some plucky trader at a "major Wall Street firm" mistyped a trade last Thursday -- "accidentally" selling billions instead of millions of shares -- and caused the entire NYSE to drop nearly 1,000 points in mere minutes. Just in case you needed any reminder of how fragile our entire economic system really is, take a note on how one individual, with a nasty case of acid reflux, could flush your retirement savings down the tubes in less time than it takes you to scratch your privates.
What happened to the trader, you may ask? The way I see it, he's either purchasing a major Caribbean Island right about now, paying cash, picking out the best looking piano crate he can find in Manhattan, or choosing a decorator for his new corner office at Goldman Sachs.
Of Course
You may have seen the video I posted about how Wall Street changes the law to get legislation favorable to them. If you remember at the end, the banker guy amusingly takes all the kids' money. Veterans of the playground all, the kids protest the fairness of it vociferously and banker guy points out that he just bought the senator for the price of a boat and a fur coat. I gotta wonder how much it cost Wall Street's lobbyists to buy the guys that voted in favor of huge ass banks.
Take a look at the vote roll call from the Senate's website. What's surprising isn't the number of Republicans who voted against it, but the number of Democrats. Diane Feinstein, what are you doing there? Cali is still a bastion of lefty thinking isn't it? I imagine the rest of the California Girls are going to want to have a word with you. Hey Mary Landrieu are you expecting Wall Street to help you clean up all that BP oil by floating you low adjustable rate loans? Is that the plan for your Louisiana constituents? Even Bayh. Really? Really? The people of Indiana don't have enough troubles without you dropping this stink bomb on them as you merrily skip out of office? For the rest of you donkeys: way to leave your POTUS swinging in the wind kids!
How many polls does it take? Oh....is it too soon?
OK, there's a major flaw in this report. Did the study look at who Americans do trust to safeguard their freedoms? Why do I have a sinking feeling that it's those bastards that already looted the treasury. I mean is it really taxation or is it taxation that goes straight into Goldman Sachs' vaults and doesn't you know, fix roads, heal sick people, and build info-structure (yeah, I just coined that as far as I know.)
BTW, I hate sending you guys to other sites to see this stuff. So do me a favor and come right back here. Then by a damn t-shirt already.
Reuter's reports majority of Americans mistrust gummint.
Oh yeah, if you're reading this from some dim point in the future, say next Tuesday, be aware that Rueters may have already archived it. For that I deeply apologize. But still, go buy a t-shirt.
Change the Law
You want to know why the Tea Party frustrates me so much? Because while they're so busy worrying about taxes, Obama's birth certificate, and helping people get medical care, a bunch of right bastards are lifting their wallets and they don't even notice. Think I'm wrong? Peep this my peeps and get a little puppet based civics lesson.
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Oh Ross...
At the risk of showing off too much sausage making, I'm sharing with you something that we at IRREVERENT view with a great deal of fondness. We wish you were here Ross, the Tea Party isn't nearly as much fun without you.
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