January 24, 2008

My Two Cents: Why Do I Care?

I keep asking myself this question: Why do I care? Why? I'll tell you why, because once you have opened your eyes to all of the lies, all of the hyprocrisies, all of the atrocities, all of the injustice, all of the iniquity ~ THERE IS NO TURNING BACK to the ignorant existence you lived before!

Have you noticed that NOT one person around the World has been held accountable for their GREED, CORRUPTION, FRAUD, RAPE, MURDER, GENOCIDE! Not one person, group or government. Even after these atrocities have been exposed! Ask yourself why? Seriously! Sudan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Kenya, North Korea, Columbia, etc. Why does President Bush decide to ONLY get rid of Sadaam Hussein? Why not the other Tyrants of the World? Not that I want Bush Jr. to go policing the World as he much enjoys revealing his weapons. Could it be his own self-interest, greed and corruption that are clouding his judgment? What are his plans down the road?

That was the macro view, now let's take a look a the micro view. Just this week a 30 year old male investment trader who was employed by Societe Generale was caught conducting fraudulent transactions worth, get this $7 billion! YES $7 billion. What did they do? They FIRED him! That's all! NO charges were brought up against him. Now wouldn't YOU call this a crime, a HUGE crime? Just the mere fact that the word FRAUD is even in the sentence should shout red flag to any authority figure, wouldn't you think? NOW ask yourself, why ONLY fire him? Since I don't trust anybody anymore and question everything, I have to wonder if they made all this shit up. They needed somebody to blame for yet another financial fiasco self-induced by another banking institution! The reason why I questioned everything about this situation is because I too was a trader in my past. Jr trader or not, I know that NO trade execution goes un-checked and MOST especially $7 billion dollars worth! Every T must be crossed and every I dotted. There is zero tolerance for any margin of error. Come on, do they really think WE are that stupid!

The Banks on the other hand have mis-managed their funds, invested in HIGH risk vehicles and instead of letting them learn their lesson for NOT being responsible with other peoples money, the Federal Reserve along with OUR government keeps them alive. The same holds true with the Insurance companies that were just about to fold for the same reasons. The government has NOW decided to intervene and save them from their own distruction. What are their actions telling the World? That it's OKAY to lie, cheat and steal, right? sure, why not? If BIG brother is doing it, why shouldn't we! I am being sarcastic, however the message they are sending is very real. So, this all leaves me asking where are we headed??? The MILLION dollar question.

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