DON'T HAND ME THE TAB! WHERE'S MY BAILOUT? VOTE THESE JERKS OUT!

Its turmoil in Big Brothers Backyard (B3) and particularly on the now crumbling Wall Street. Would love to take a used-brick from that wall as a keepsake. Hmmm...

Investors are mad as hell! Below are some strong vents of frustration...

"I will be watching to see which of our representatives vote for this bailout," said R. Kidd in Troy, N.C. "Let the American people see how many we can fire come election time."

(I love this one) "Why not take the billions and ... make funds available to home owners stuck in the loans these idiots created, marketed and sold," asked Don from Coarsegold, Calif. "It will put the money where it should be with the little guy who made a mistake, instead of the big guy who created the problem."

"It's our money! Let these companies die," added Claudio from Plainville, Conn.

"Once I invested in something and lost money. Maybe I could just change the rules of investing so that my loss turns into a gain? Oh, I forgot only banks can do that!"NO NO NO. Not just no, but HELL NO," writes Richard, a reader from Anchorage, Alaska.

And? The BIG question staring into Big Brothers face. WILL THE RESCUE WORK? (kinda like facing a raging fire and having just one bucket with a damn gaping hole. what the heck!)

GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE...

THE GREAT AMERICAN DREAM IS NOW THE NIGHTMARE OF WALL STREET

Forgive me for that picture composition (I can hear a few yucks); but that IS the truth and the truth will always set us free. :) The actual truth is, I did try a pic of Freddy Kreuger of 'Nightmare on Elm Street' fame but quickly trashed it. I didn't want the ladies closing the browser window on seeing his cosmetic appearance.

I had drafted this post a week ago but got surprisingly busy at my workplace. However, today my belief in 'everything has it's own time' has been made stronger. I HAD TO complete it and post it today after listening to the tragic news surging out of Wall Street like a flash flood.

BREAKING NEWS - Lehman Bros files for bankruptcy!!!!

The bank, which employs about 25,000 staff worldwide, including 5,000 in the UK, was founded in 1850 by three brothers.

Greg Wood, the BBC's North America business correspondent, said that police had cordoned off the bank's headquarters in New York and staff were leaving with cardboard boxes as onlookers gathered to watch the bank's demise.

"I think the whole history - 150 years of effort and hard work - that's the most saddening part for me," said one Lehman employee as she left the building.

The global financial economy has never in recent years been tested by quite such a combination of accidents and jolts to confidence, added Robert Peston, BBC business editor.

Click on th below link to read quotes including one from Ex-Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.

Reactions to the news that the fourth-largest investment bank in the US, Lehman Brothers, will file for bankruptcy protection.

Further complications arose when Bank of America said it had agreed to buy investment bank Merrill Lynch for $50bn (£28bn), in a deal that will create the world's largest financial services company.

Furthermore, three of the top five US investment banks have now fallen victim to the credit crunch. Lehman and Merrill join Bear Stearns, which was sold to JP Morgan for a knockdown price in March.

The BBC's business editor, Robert Peston, said that it had been Wall Street's most extraordinary 24 hours since the late 1920s. He said that Merrill's sale was almost as shocking as Lehman's demise.

"The global financial economy has never in recent years been tested by quite such a combination of accidents and jolts to confidence," he added.

In addition to Lehman and Merrill Lynch, problems at AIG, once the world's largest insurer, are also mounting. Reeling from losses on its exposure to real estate, AIG has sought $40bn from the Federal Reserve to shore up its finances, the New York Times has reported.

So? Where does that leave me and you? If you are not in the US of A, you are lucky to be part of 'the audience' and not a player. But yes, when Big Brother goes down he's gonna take a few with him. For now, lets just wait and watch but never dream, lest it turn into a nightmare :)

Cheers! And, God Bless America...

DANNY'S 6TH BIRTHDAY VIDEO 2 of 4

For those who wanna learn 'Do the Choco Latte'...watch the below. We celebrated on 6th September and almost a week later the kids are still crooning that catchy tune. You've gotta put your hands together for Macdonalds. When they do something, they do it SO damn well.

DANNY'S 6TH BIRTHDAY VIDEO 1 of 4

That's the 'mammoth' cake. Yummy!

ACTION GENES?

I once had the opportunity to work with a colleague who always jokingly called me 'The Action King' for bringing humour into the work place when it was most needed.

If you believe in the 'power of genes' then you've gotta admit that my little boy pictured above is a perfect clone.

(If that made you smile then you've made my day. Share the laughter...)

WIN OLYMPIC GOLD. MAKE NATION PROUD. GET KILLED!

For those of us who were unaware that there was a threat to Abhinav Bindra's life on 15th August, 2008. Now we know.

For the past four years Bindra woke up at 6 am everyday to train, and when he brought home the country's first ever Olympic Gold, some jerk(s) wanted to kill him on the nations Independence Day. A jerk that thinkexist.com would define as 'Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony'. On the other hand, Bindra was candid enough to 'Possibly I could just invite these fellows over for a shooting match... be it with a bb gun'. (he does have a cool sense of humour)

He goes on to say, 'I will use another post to comment on all the people who have left me some very insightful remarks but for the usual comment about how India underperforms... it is very simple...we don't have any sport structure whatsoever... so the fact that we are even winning a couple of medals is phenomenal... it is time we all join hands and try and change this acceptance of mediocrity... i think we should all be positive and actually offer solutions since it is pretty obvious we all know the problems'.

Acceptance of mediocrity, hmmm...I like that. I'm not surprised he grabbed gold in Beijing. He has his priorities on target. Bang!

And Mother India? She has to get her priorities right; about time. God bless her!

Visit Bindra's blog...

PS: I must admit that I had the nerve to change the colour of the pic above to 'mourning' black.

AFTER Category 3 'KATRINA', NEW ORLEANS BRACES ITSELF FOR Category 5 'GUSTAV'

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Thousands fled New Orleans, La., Saturday as Hurricane Gustav bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Cars packed with children, suitcases and pet carriers jammed roadways leading north and west out of the city, U.S. TV networks reported.

By the end of the day, city officials hoped to evacuate at least 30,000 people who lack transportation or are too sick or old to get out on their own.

Gustav, strengthening into a Category 5 storm, was south of Cuba Saturday.

The latest forecasts called for the storm to make landfall just west of New Orleans as early as Monday, but forecasters cautioned that Gustav could strike anywhere along the Gulf coast from Texas to Florida early next week.

Three years ago, the whole city of New Orleans was virtually wiped out by Hurricane Katrina, the worst natural disaster in the U.S. history.

PS: Come to think of it, who would want to be in New Orleans today. Any takers? None for sure. I heard the Mayor of New Orleans over the radio this morning. He called it 'the storm of the century' and said 'If you are not scared, I think you should be and get your butts out of the city right now'. Can you believe that? He actually said 'butts'. Well, he was hoping his language would actually get folks packing. So, back to square one and the only eternal hope yet again is...PRAYER.

For proof of that and mo-o-re, check out the controversial Michael Moore who earlier today said that 'Gustav is proof that there's a God in heaven'.

Is this the beginning of 'our' end. PRAY!