When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
– Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S Thompson, god bless his cotton socks was a Gonzo Journalist. Accepted Journalistic practice is never to put yourself in the piece, third person only, no personal opinion. Journalists and writers like Hunter S ignored this. Gonzo's were blogger's before the Internet was invented.
His quote is very apt for the times we now live in.
A computer programmer called Michael Osinski is being blamed for causing the world financial meltdown. He is now picking oysters out of some ice bound hell hole in the far north.
To get a handle on the toxic self destructive timebomb created by the Gordon Gekko's of Wall Street, read this great article.
To see how things have not changed since the Bush bailouts, read this and weep!
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