2013-02-25

Banking And America: An Uncomfortable Relationship

I watched a reports about the financial meltdown in the U.S on CBC'S The Passionate Eye last night. It focused mostly on why Wall St. executive bankers never did jail time. While clearly bankers committed fraud, I would have liked if PE delved into the role of government in the catastrophe.

If you read American history, the 1800s were defined by its debates about the distrust the public and politicians had of central banking. Thomas Jefferson mused about it and Andrew Jackson railed agaisnt it.

Then 1913 came along and changed all that.

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A few years back porn star Jasmine St. Claire announced on Howard Stern that she'd no longer engage in gangbangs. I make my own proclamation  today. No more rants! Except against the PQ and OLF. Hey, a man's got live, right?

But ranting is soooo much fun.

1 comment:

  1. Comparing gang bangs to blog rants? Whatever, but please, don't stop the rants. Without occasional ranting is one really a blogger? Please don't limit yourself in this way.

    And as I haven't really blogged lately I pledge to return to blogging if you promise to keep ranting.

    Thank you.

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