Wednesday, October 1, 2008
What has America come to?
I'm beginning to believe in the impossible, I guess. After all, no way, did I ever believe that the Republicans could but up a presidential ticket worse than Bush-Cheney. Yep. The GOP has done it, folks. John McCain and Sarah Palin. I gotta think that's the worst presidential ticket ever nominated by a major political party in the United States of America. Please, someone, tell me it's all a hoax. An April Fool's joke. This can't be, can it? I keep reading newspapers and tuning in the TV news. Daily. Expecting a revelation that this is a put-on. A prank. A Monty Python skit. After all, I've even seen it on Saturday Night Live. I swear, the script was written by Sarah Palin. Yes, I muse, somebody is pulling my leg. But then I see the serious news reports. From respected journalists. So, yes, it's true. McCain and Palin are real people. Wanting to become the leaders of America. And they're actually going to get some votes. Impossible as it would seem. They are being taken seriously. They ain't joking. Our founding fathers must be turning in their graves. Wondering. Wondering. Wondering. What has America come to? --Jim Broede
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Jim there was an article in the business section today's Charlotte Observer that was a hoot. The title was “Wrong Time for This Type of Celebration”. The story was about some of the festivities that had been planned for the opening of the RBC 33 story Raleigh headquarters. Apparently the appearance of some parachuters was cancelled. Here are some quotes from that article:
“...Given the recent market activities, we just didn't think it was an appropriate time to have people jumping off of a bank building,” said Jamie Averette Mitchell...”
“...RBC nixed the jumpers after a week of Wall Street turbulence, which included the worst point drop ever of the Dow Jones Industrial average and the announced sale of Charlotte banking giant Wachovia to Citigroup for a mere $2.1 billion.
The celebratory leap might have reminded some of the bankers and stockbrokers who jumped from buildings during the Depression. They didn't wear parachutes.
Mitchell said, “We wanted to be very respectful of our financial partners and Wachovia,” whose name is emblazoned on a nearby downtown tower.”
I think that the reason the jumps were cancelled was because they might have reminded watchers of the “Golden Parachutes” that are frequently awarded to bank executives.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/business/story/226080.html is the link to the article.
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