Enron: a reflection of emmerka
so today i took some time to watch Enron: smartest guys in the room and it not only was entertaining and enlightening, but depressing… but that doesnt make sense. let me explain.
my world view is skewed… the current administration has become a string of fuck ups tied together with knots of scandal. Iraq, torture, Harriet Miers, Katrina, wire tapping, Dubai [and to think a blowjob seemed like an impeachable offense]…. but i guess that’s just this last term. gotta respect the reelection on the platform of “partiotism” against a pitiful opponent to boost your confidence.
but anyway: Enron shows a tie to the administration while reflecting the greed saturating emmerka [i believe America will return when the president can pronounce it... or has an approval rating of over 40%]. the film describes, very clearly even for someone financially retarded, how the top execs of Enron created a bankrupt pile of shit from a multibillion dollar company in just 10 years [from a 65 million dollar company in just 24 days]. it outlines how Enron used structured financing, false profit reports, and rolling blackouts in California to pad their wallets.
while they become the 2nd largest land owner in colorado [one exec did this after leading an Enron subset and taking $250 million before resigning] the retirement pensions and 401ks are drained of almost 5 billion dollars.
it reminds me of how we are all losing touch with each other [even with more ways to interact than ever before] to the point that we’re unable to look beyond our own concerns. everyone has their price and for some that price is very low. big business will continue to manipulate because the government and media allow it to happen. does anyone care that the media is controlled by 5 [probly soon to be less] companies and doesnt have the balls to ask hard questions or when they do are diverted by the claim of “classified”?
what’s your price? how much to steal money from your grandma? how much to not ask questions of your boss? how much to mute that voice telling you you’re fucking up?
… you wouldnt you say? … wrong. that’s juss cause no one’s offered anything high enough yet.
ps… no worries. posts will revert back to thoughtless ramblings