Filed Under (Rants & Raves) by Stiffler on 24-10-2008
An Iraqi army vehicle drags a donkey killed after a car bomb exploded in central Baghdad Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007. Three parked car bombs struck the Iraqi capital, killing at least 15 people and wounding 45 others. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
We have entered a new level of risk and threat. Today in Afghanistan the first successful suicide donkey was used to kill a police officer. Seriously a DONKEY! When I read the article in that paper I did not know weather to laugh or cry. Apparently reports indicate that the Taliban was behind this (no surprise there). The donkey was rigged with explosives and detonated from a remote location when a police vehicle drove by. The blast was so strong the police vehicle was blasted into a near by ditch.
Ok there is a little part of me that finds using a donkey funny. Just the idea is so stupid that it actually works. From my understanding owning a donkey in this part of the world is almost as valuable as what a Rolex would be to a North American. Looks like the war on terror just got harder. I have no idea how the FBI or CIA is going to profile farm animals. But I wish them luck.
With congress voting NO on the 700 Billion dollar relief hard times are coming. All indicators look to be pointing towards a recession. Many of us who are employed grinding away at a regular 9-5 maybe walking towards a living hell until the economy decides to correct itself. The question we need to ask ourselves now is How bad will it get? I sit around every night watching the days events recapped on CNN. Trying to make some sense of what is going on. Things seem to be more and more confusing. Interviews being done with panels of supposed experts from financial institutions tell us not to worry and have confidence in the markets but when you are taking 20-40 percent hits, even the people who look at the glass half full start to be a little pessimistic.
The reality is no one has any idea how bad the situation will get. The titanic has just hit the iceberg and we are all into drown. How is it possible that this all stems from bad mortgages? Banks and other financial institutions had a fiduciary duty to make sure that they money was not to be lent to people that did not and should not have qualified. Instead there were corrupt CEO’s and high ranking management that looked to make fat bonuses and risk the finiancial safety of everyone. Now with economy being flushed down the crapper there might be a chance that these same people are entitled to their bonus checks??? Are you kidding me?!?! I hope the FBI and SEC find out who all parties are that were responsible for this and PROSECUTE them to the FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW! If beloved Martha Stewart can do time for trading 250,000 dollars worth of stock, I cant wait to see what happens for the billions of dollars lost. Gordon Gecko from the movie Wallstreet once said “two things that are sure in life…death and taxes”. With the way the market looks I would not be surprised to see an increase in either one.
