- Sadhvi
I listened to Bloomberg News on the radio while driving back from Cleveland this past weekend. That was over 8 hours of pure fascination hearing the latest scandals, news, and interviews on the health of our nation’s economy. I should tell you that I have never listened to this kind of news since I have been living on the edge my whole life, travelling a different path than what might be called “the norm”.
Here is what I heard: there was talk the whole day about the big H-P (Hewlett Packard) scandal that not only ruined CEO Mark Hurd’s reputation (although the 28 million dollar severance package should help get him over the shame of the sexual harassment charges, and I heard he is actually negotiating for more!), but H-P’s stocks fell sharply.
Then the 2nd quarter reports were in and would you believe Goldman Sachs broke a record in that for the first time in 3 years, there were 3 consecutive days of losses!!! After hearing this over and over while driving through towns so depressed that they felt dead, what I suddenly realized was that not once did I hear what Goldman Sachs made in the other 87 days! I have a feeling that it was just too obscene to report. Ok, I just Googled it, and they only posted a profit of $613 million, or 78 cents a share, down from $3.43 billion.
The company reporting the most profit surprised me: it’s McDonald’s! It seems they are hugely popular in Europe, and Japan, and then of course, the US of A, solely because of their “Dollar Meals”! That means that more people are eating a meal for a dollar in America…is that a good thing?
There was a bit of news on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac being in trouble, and mabye even going under, but hey, didn’t they just get a huge amount of money a few months ago from the government to bail them out of something, and are they anyway not government owned?
By now, if you are still reading this, you might be catching my drift…I cannot keep up!
So I think I will do something that makes me happy, like go disappear in my garden for a while and commune with the flowers and vegetables. And the next time I take a road trip, I think I will stick with my own music mixes!
Sadhvi's Mexican Torchflower
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