The Final Insult

I have been trying very hard to make this site a pleasant, day to day account of a middle-aged, middle class, corporate escapee, who usually in times of crisis sees the glass half full. But today, I digress. The current economic fallout has pissed me off to the point that I cannot shut up about it. Here is how I see it in a way that my poor, blue collar, retired arthritic father, with no Internet would describe it. "Well, it's all about greed. These corporate types got so confused about the "good books" and the "cooked books," and since accounting is such a low class job where accuracy and ethics might interfere, it was done away with". So bring on the gamblers, who with greater bravado, and money that was not their own, played high roller for a few good years. Yahoo! Now, the bravado has turned into a wimpy help call, and the very people who had their nickels and quarters stolen at the slots, so the bullies could play baccarat, will now have to foot the bill for the gambling debts of their nemesis! So you who are on unemployment and barely making ends meet, can do your duty to some lying, thieving, CEO and his glamour queen wife, so they can get their due severance of about 8 times the amount of money you will ever see in your life, to go away and live humbly in one of their many homes somewhere. Boo hoo. While you were too busy worrying over the antics of Britany Spears, or waiting for the  Lady Luck Lottery to bring you your millions, you should have been paying attention to who your elected officials were and what they were up to. They deregulated everything under this evil administration and now we have a world that is economically sinking like the Titanic. Kinda makes you wonder what kind of education is actually working in this country right now.  As an RN, AS, BS, and MS degreed person on unemployment, I feel guilty too. My solace is the vote I will clearly cast in Nov...it's probably all that's left to bet on.