Hoping For The Best

Within the past few weeks I heard some interesting comments from a couple America’s friendly business people. One, and energy analyst and futures’ trader, appeared on MSNBC; this was as Hurricane Dean approached the Gulf of Mexico. He could barely contain his glee at the idea of another hurricane barreling through the Gulf and disrupting oil, gasoline, and natural gas supplies, or at least giving these greedy energy traders the excuse to up prices, even if the hurricane did little or no damage, which is essentially what ended up happening. He talked about the steps the oil companies were taking to protect refineries and other installations and he ended his comments with the “tongue-in-cheek” statement, “We’re hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst.” What a bunch of bull!!! On the BS-o-meter, he ranks high.

A few days later, a second futures’ trader, involved in natural gas, was commenting on how natural gas prices were low. The interviewer asked what it would take to see prices rise, and he unashamedly and smilingly said, “We need a hurricane!” The only thing he lacked was a big mustache and the Snidely Whiplash laugh. At least he was totally honest about it, compared to the first guy above.

Folks, I’m telling you there is absolutely no shame in these greedy #@%&*%^#. Is this what we’ve sent our troops to defend over the decades? Unfortunately, the answer is, “Yes!” I have nothing but contempt for these people, in case you haven't noticed. They are so disconnected to humanity! No concern for the people who could get killed or injured; only concern for mo' money, mo' money!!! Most of them have so much now, they couldn't it all spend in a thousand lives.