The Wrath of Doug

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I don't get it. Every morning on the radio after the seven o'clock news
Charlie Chucklehead from Swindlemore Securities comes on to tell me it's a
Good Thing if the Dow is up and it's Bad Thing if the Dow is down. On the
way across town, I pass half a dozen billboards telling me my future's
secure if I invest in the Admiration Mutual Fund. At noon and at six
o'clock a talking head comes on the screen with scrolling numbers across
the bottom to reinforce the message that it's a Good Thing if NASDAQ is
up and a Bad Thing if NASDAQ is down. Presidents and newsweeklies don't
fail to point out that the American economy is the greatest in the world,
ever, and the value of shares is proof of that.

But it irks Doug if someone on the left pooh-poohs the miasma of Ponzi
scheme glad tidings. I don't get it.

Tom Walker
(604) 947-2213