Rambler 31

It takes a village to raise a child; it takes a pillage to sink an economy.

Aren’t we glad that legislators, a few years ago, allowed banks, investment firms, credit card, and insurance companies, etc. to combine rather than concentrate on their old businesses which they ran so well?

Current Wall Street Proposals have Congress taking from Peter (taxpayers) to pay Paul(sen) with no assurances this market meddling will pan out. For that reason the new bailout plan is named after a Peter Pan Character-Tinker Bail.

There will be no onions bloomin’ in St. Cloud, MN. The Outback Restaurant recently closed. They couldn’t make ends meat.

This bailout is about a trillion dollars with no assurance of success. If the bailout fails, will it be a tetraflop?

I am glad to see the banks are tightening credit on credit cards with limits of $2-3,000 after giving away credit on loans of $150-300,000. They sure seem to have their priorities right.

We the voters/taxpayers are like toilet bowl brushes-we’re used to clean up after the political messes are made.

I feel we should push for an amendment requiring a detailed list of political contributions (bribes) accepted by each of our elected officials.
I do not use the term bribe lightly. Look up the definition. The contributions received by officials should be matched against their votes on bills relating to the sources of those donations.

I was amazed at the variety of insects fried and sold on sticks at the Bejing Olympics. The only thing I didn’t see was fried lice. If it had been there, would it have been lice krispies?

Priorities were sure set right. Senator Reid held hearings on people on growth hormones while overlooking loans on steroids.

A cash flow problem at the Mall of America has led to a grand mall seizure by the banks.

We wonder why Scammy Mae and Fraudy Mac are problems when the top 4 banking committee members have accepted between $15 and $20 million in “political contributions?” I will frequently say: “look up the definition of bribes.” And we are expecting these same 4 to solve the current problem?!

Bears are being relocated from the arctic to the Antarctic due to deteriorating ice conditions. Those moved will be reclassified as bipolar bears.

John Walsh is starting a new TV show: “America’s Most Unwanted.” It will display the names of the companies that were recently bankrupted and will show the pictures and names of those who ruined them. This is being done so neighbors and passersby can tell those responsible how indebted we are to them (or because of them).

To conserve energy, self basting turkeys will no longer be sold. The same applies for lamb. The guests will be responsible for any lambasting.

Copyright October 2008 Steve Ganshert