Occupy Wall Street

I am in sympathy with the kids occupying Wall Street. I know that most of them are dunder-headed anarchists and that to live in a world of their design would be sheer hell. But, when I think of the crimes against society committed by the bastards on Wall Street, I get angry. Billions of dollars of taxpayer money funneled to bail-out schemers and slicks whose speculations and market manipulations caught up with them. They did not deserve a rescue. The Congress and President initially provided $750 billion to cover the exposed asses of the criminals on Wall Street. It was not enough to save the economy. I recognize that our fine Federal government deserves much blame for the market disaster through which we are now living. It was the President and Congress who compelled banks to loan to folk who had no hope of repaying home loans. It was the President and Congress who rolled up trillions of dollars in debt. It was the President and Congress who sat back and let the jackels eat our babies. I curse them. And, here and now, urge you to vote for candidates NOT in power. Turn the incumbent sons-of-bitches out. Fire them as they deserve. But, let us not forget the sorry dogs on Wall Street who wrecked the economy in order to pad their portfolios. They deserve prosecution. And since that is not likely to happen because of the fine Federal government we elected, then we are left with occupation. Go for it kids. If I could suffer through a night sleeping on the ground, I would join your protest.

Every day I hear NPR report on the happenings on Wall Street. Is there anything more inane than a news reader saying that the reason the Dow Jones went up or down was because of European debt or unemployment figures or Japanese earthquakes or any of the countless reasons used to explain why the market did what it did? Well, all of that is bullshit. Here is the reason the market goes up or down: THE BASTARDS FIGURED OUT HOW TO MAKE A BUCK. So, if the Dow falls a few points, it means the bastards figured out a way to make a few pennies from sliding stock prices. Likewise, if the market goes up, the bastards figured out how to make a profit off upward movement. The bastards on Wall Street care about the Greeks only as they relate to their ability to realize a profit, even if it comes from Greek misery. The bastards care for the unemployed only in context of how the number plays into stock valuation. After all, unemployment if just a number; the bastards could not care less if there are every day people standing behind those numbers. So Japan gets smacked by an earthquake. To the bastards, how will the "event" impact profitibility and supply trains? If the market reacted on a daily basis in the way the news readers at NPR say they do, then the bastards on Wall Street act like my chickens. The hens live in a constant state of terror, afraid of every fresh breeze, any movement, the slightest noise. They really do act like Chicken Little, with the sky falling at any moment.

I hope that is the way the bastards on Wall Street live. I hope they live in constant fear. I hope they drink Maalox by the gallons. I hope they sleep fitfully, waking often and always in a cold sweat. I hope their lives are haunted by fear and worry. The one thing the bastards on Wall Street don’t fear is exactly what they deserve: prosecution.

I don’t think Occupy Wall Street is a Howard Beale moment in US history. It will, however, be an amusing footnote in a dissertation in the future by an insightful doctoral student studying the collapse of the American Empire. I can see it now. When faced with naked greed and self-aggrandizement by the bastards of Wall Street, the fine Federal government rushed to indemnify the thieves from their crimes. With a laugh, the fine Federal government passed the bill on to the American people.

After thinking about all of this for a while, I am left with only one thought: we deserve exactly the government for which we voted.