Friday, November 9, 2012

Pussy Friday and she might need some help


A quick scan of nations around the world is like looking into the swirling waters of a toilet bowl recently flushed for your viewing pleasure. You think I kid? Only the kitty photo is the joke here. A run down professor if you would.

Greece - Riots in the streets from austerity and tax increases all due to corruption.
Spain - The same.
Italy - More of the same.
Portugal - Ditto
Ireland - Who needs a potato famine?

But as was discovered this was only the tip of the sinking iceberg.  This is not confined to the old union of europe. Corruption is an equal opportunity employer.

China - Corruption from authorities and now on a corporate market level.
Argentina - Can't cry for her when they froze everybody's bank accounts and people are getting there home stash of cash ripped off.
Ecuador - Same scammy goodness complete with real estate swindles.
Chile - Just when the miners though they were safe and sound up top more corruption raised it's ugly head.
Ukraine and Russia - Hard to count the back room deals and who gets to walk away with the nations' bounty. We do know Putin is set for life.

And lest we forget the other fun vacation spots of the world (just don't forget to take a flack jacket). We have:

Burma - Where you can experience a close shave but not the kind that rids your beard.
Somalia - You'd have to have a death wish to go there.
Libya - No government established there just yet. Take plenty of bribe money.
Sudan -  Better wait till they're finished fighting over the oil.
Syria - That's obvious unless you're part of Assads' inner circle of friends. On second thought maybe not.
Egypt - A momentary lull from conflict as they decide who will gain the real power.
Lebanon - Not too happy about dodging incoming artillery fire.
Turkey - Same situation with a whole bunch of house guests now.
Iran - Feeling the pinch of sanctions even while it sent troops to fight next door.
Iraq - We high tailed it out of there just in time to avoid the Suuni Shiite conflict.

The list goes on and on but the root causes are quite simple and two fold. On the one hand there's greed and corruption while on the other the conflict between conservatives and progressives. In the latter case an ideological shift will occur when the old guys die off or get killed. Yet we will always have to some degree greed and corruption. But at the moment there's a world imbalance to deal with.

Bank fails later as usual.
UPDATE: No fails this week.

6 comments:

harry said...

All I want is warm place to shit, a pair of loose shoes and piece of that young pussy ocassionally.





Can I get a courtesy* flush please?

S.W. Anderson said...

Greed and lack of opportunity really are at the root of much of the world's problems, but so are prejudice and ignorance. Mankind has come a long way, but still has a long way to go.

BBC said...

I left a comment on a Yahoo news site and someone responded that such couldn't happen to America because we have a system of checks and balances, we do, and it's worked pretty well for years, but that doesn't mean it's going to continue.

Demeur said...

Harry you were googling pussy again?

SW we need to bring civics back to high shcool education. :-)

Billy unfortunately the checks bounced and there is no balance left. I've worked with many with a diploma who can't read and write. A sad state of affairs.

harry said...

No, I was oogling it pretty strongly though.



No Earl Butz fans ?



BBC said...

On the bright side, after it warms up it's going to be a bright sunny day here.