Ah, greed. Manifested so unambiguously, in plain focus for our collective viewing pleasure.
Lehman Brothers, brokers of greed, masters of the universe, teetering on the edge of insolvency,
as the result of risky business practices aimed at screwing the less-informed out of their hard earned money...board members skipping their weekends in the Hamptons, praying for yet another Bear Sternsian bailout by the magical hands of Hank Paulson and his deep silk lined pocket of our tax dollars. People are losing their homes every day due to the exact form of predatory lending proliferated by the hands and minds of the likes of Lehman. And needless to say, Hank Paulson is not showing up with the head of the New York Federal Reserve to bail them out of their financial misery.
So alas, Lehman Brothers has one hope...that its competitors, its cohabitators in the land of plenty, will come to its rescue, will put duty and loyalty ahead of greed and ambition for just this one moment, will do "the right thing" and buy out the ailing investment firm...
HA!!
They have proved, yet again, what a shark tank it is that they swim in; without a federal guarantee of taxpayer dollars, nobody would step in to help an ailing brother. Greed wins, again and again, without fail. There is nothing but the almighty dollar and the endless pursuit of its filthy lucre.
And for once, I applaud Paulson; he did not sink more of our country's wealth into bailing out more filthy rich investment bankers, did not further the promise of guaranteeing risky business practices, did not further propel the chain of covetousness that runs so much of this country.
And to Lehman Brothers, whose greed finally got the best of, whose friends left it to drown in a shallow pool, I say good riddance. One less house in the Hamptons will be good for you.
