Let's talk about greed.

Greed is bad. The Church names this as a sin.

You know what else greed is...it's a scapegoat.

That's right, since September of last year, trillions of dollars have disappeared. People have had their retirements reduced to their level of investment at say 2001. So, that's eight years of investing down the drain. And, our brilliant, adorable, smarter than smart president, with the help of mindless dolts like Pelosi and Reid, have borrowed trillions more in an effort to reward their contributors and friends, "fix"* the economy.

And what caused all this damage?

Greed.

Yup, that's it. Go home, nothing to see here citizen. Greed got out of the zoo and ate all the money again.

Fine. What greed was it?

Nope, they say, all you need to know that it was greed's fault. Maybe the greed of a speculator or other participant of the free market.

Is that all, you may ask? To which they would reply, how dare you...it was greed. and the greed on the part of people involved in banks (jews?) and business. Surely, no one in government is or was involved. And if it was a government problem, it's because we didn't let brainiacs like Barney Frank or Chris Dodd tell people how to invest their money. You aren't a right wing, constitutionalist, are you? The Department of Homeland Security has been notified!!!!

So, fine. Greed. Maybe Bush too, but mostly greed did it. That is, because of your political affiliation you don't ask deep questions. And lord knows, the answers to those questions aren't going to jump in your lap like a snowshoe cat. Nope, you would have to read this blog, investors business daily, or the Wall Street Journal to figure out why banks just got caught bare handed. But, for some people, John Stewart is their connection to the real world. And he, sure as shit, is not going to put blame on people inside his beloved political circles. So be it. Just walk away and don't ask about government based entities, community redvelopment acts, acorns, bundling high risk mortgages at the behest of fannie mae. These concepts are not important. It was greed, damn you!

So, obviously, greed is bad.

Let me point out some more greed.

In dealing with aging socialists who are close to retirement, I wonder...isn't it greedy to advance a welfare state, European style stagnating economic policy, to now want to retire like you live in a rich country? You wanted it, you got it. Or, maybe the problem with liberalism is that it's an agenda to tell people to live a way in which you yourself would not choose to live (abortion, bad schools, open marriages, crappy hospitals, crappy economy). Go to the social laboratory. Go see what your experiments have created. America stands at an edge. The next 30 years could be the 1920's to 40's all over again. And you wanted it. So live with it. Don't be greedy.

On a side note, I find it greedy that all these aging baby boomers are now clamoring for grandkids. Well, maybe not all of them, but old people, even aging socialists want grandkids. Well, I think it's greedy for people who laughed at "family values" while their kids were growing up, to be all about their families now.

Greed. Learn what it means. It's wanting something that you don't deserve. Working, earning a living, investing your extra few pennies to make more isn't greed.

Learn about other sins too. Your pride (I am so smart because I mindlessly vote democrat and watch Jon Stewart) and anger (damn you, Bush, it's all your fault, I refuse to even know what you are doing because I've been told it's wrong) lead you to scapegoat greed. It can't be anyone else's fault and it sure as shit ain't my fault. Right. The danger is is that you've spent billions, lost trillions, and you still haven't fixed the problem. Because of your pride.

What a sin.

* the word fix is given scare quotes because really, wink wink, nod nod, uh huh, they are just doing all this because they never want to let a crisis go to waste.