I Hate You America

[Texas]

Dear Zealously Greedy Investor,

All of us regular Joes wanted to drop you this line to ask a little favor...Could you please stop totally screwing up the economy of the whole freaking world?

Your zeal for making millions in a short amount of time, rules be damned, has pretty much ruined the economy for everyone. Many of us regular Joes are losing their jobs because of your failed "Get rich quick" schemes...and we have to foot the bill when they go south. Your re-packaging of worthless sub prime morgages into investment grade securities (how'd you do that?), and selling of that worthless paper to people all over the world...screwed everyone, and now no one can get credit.

Your zealous over-speculation of the oil futures market, artificially increased the price of a barrel of oil to record levels...costing everyone..and weakening the economy..just so you could flip the futures contract, and make a fast buck.

Please stop this.

Thanks,

The little guy.

You do know that if it wasn't for those "greedy investors" risking their money you would be hard pressed to find a decent job don't you? So 150 dollar oil was just speculation was it? LOL You need to think about India and China and their effect on demand.

 

[Corsair 115]

So 150 dollar oil was just speculation was it?

According to a 60 Minutes piece a couple of weeks ago, it was. At least, that's what the knowledgeable traders they interviewed for the program said.

 

[Gangularis]

prior to today, gumboot thanked middle america every day because middle america was responsible for gumboot's employment and income entirely.

rofl!!

 

[Skeptic]

Waidda damn minit!
Up until the last 3 or 4 months, all the world was giggling about the fact the Euro was strong, the Dollar weak, and them uppity 'muricans was getting wat was coming to them.
The US economy was irrelevant to the rest of the world. They don't NEED us!
What happened, there? You guys worked hard to devalue us, ridicule us, and point out that all this crap was our own damn fault.
Now it turns out we were the keystone?
Hoooo, Boy! How the tide doth turn.

The USA is BOTH the evil empire whose greedy capitalist pigs ruined the world's economy by dragging it down with them, AND a backwater country way past its economic prime which no longer matters to the rest of the world.

Just like Jews (or Israel, or "the Zionists") are weak, pathetic, and about to be destroyed -- and also control the USA, Europe, and the world through an all-powerful conspiracy.

Just like the West in general is a decadent, weak, and pathetic area about to be destroyed by the victories Islamic warriors any day now, and a powerful evil force which plans to wipe out all Muslims with its enormous military superiority.

Just like evolution is a "theory in crisis" about the be destroyed by the truth of creationism, and also a powerful juggernaut on the verge of wiping out the very last vestiges of teaching the biblical truth in the previously-freedom-loving USA.

Etc., etc., etc.

When you hate someone, logic isn't necessary.

 

[JoeyDonuts]

Dear Rest of World:

*RULE 10*

Thank you.

 

[Richard Masters]

Dear Middle America,

Your greedy and irresponsible acquisition of home loans you cannot afford, your insistence on living outside your means, and your support of an unjustified and costly war has caused your economy to stutter on the brink of collapse.

But know, that in your selfishness and your greed, in your support of global conquest by the American corporations that provide you your cheap and tacky material belongings, you have dragged the rest of the world down with you.

As of tomorrow I abandon my brief blossoming career, my dream of 11 years, because your recession has pushed the cost of living here beyond the reach of what I can achieve.

Tomorrow I begin looking for a low-wage job I will almost certainly despise, because I have to.

I hate you, America.

Sincerely,
A foreigner.

***

Comments?

And by America, you mean the United States of America, and not the neighboring countries, I presume.

 

[Richard Masters]

Dear Middle America,

Your greedy and irresponsible acquisition of home loans you cannot afford, your insistence on living outside your means, and your support of an unjustified and costly war has caused your economy to stutter on the brink of collapse.

But know, that in your selfishness and your greed, in your support of global conquest by the American corporations that provide you your cheap and tacky material belongings, you have dragged the rest of the world down with you.

As of tomorrow I abandon my brief blossoming career, my dream of 11 years, because your recession has pushed the cost of living here beyond the reach of what I can achieve.

Tomorrow I begin looking for a low-wage job I will almost certainly despise, because I have to.

I hate you, America.

Sincerely,
A foreigner.

***

Comments?

Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul and Obama. Blame your dependence on the United States.

 

[Texas]

And by America, you mean the United States of America, and not the neighboring countries, I presume.

I blame Canada.

 

[Gangularis]

I blame Canada.

You would!

 

[Francesca R]

The problem of course originates with [ . . . ]

"The problem was that we'd all made a big mistake coming down from the trees in the first place. And some think that even the trees had been a bad move, and no-one should ever have left the oceans."

 

[gumboot]

And by America, you mean the United States of America, and not the neighboring countries, I presume.

Well that's why I said middle America.

 

[gumboot]

Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul and Obama. Blame your dependence on the United States.

The problem is the USA's dependence on the rest of the world.

 

[Francesca R]

Is that nothing more than a problem? Is that the only problem?

(No on both counts)

 

[gumboot]

Is that nothing more than a problem? Is that the only problem?

(No on both counts)

Huh?

 

[JihadJane]

Etc., etc., etc.

When you hate someone, logic isn't necessary.

Self-knowledge is a wonderful thing.

 

[Francesca R]

Huh?

Is [the USA's dependence on the rest of the world] wholly a bad thing? If the USA did not depend on the rest of the world, would you have no reason to hate middle America?

 

[gumboot]

Is [the USA's dependence on the rest of the world] wholly a bad thing? If the USA did not depend on the rest of the world, would you have no reason to hate middle America?

I don't actually hate America, but no if the USA didn't depend on the rest of the world I don't think I'd have a reason to hate middle America.

 

[JihadJane]

I don't actually hate America, but no if the USA didn't depend on the rest of the world I don't think I'd have a reason to hate middle America.

Is "middle America" located between the top and the bottom or between the two sides?

And aren't those responsible for legalizing bucket shops more culpable that those with their snouts in the buckets? If someone chucked a load of money at you who could blame you for pocketing some of it?

 

[martu]

Dear Greedy People all over the World,

If you took out that mortgage you couldn’t pay back or you agreed to sell that mortgage to that person you knew couldn’t pay it back or you were working in the Structured Product division of the bank and sold these loans on you were a greedy *Rule 10* that has messed things up for the rest of us.

Next time if something seems too good to be true just assume it is too good to be true and do something else.

Thank you

 

[TragicMonkey]

Epic fail old son, epic fail.

The USSR wouldn't have invaded Europe. Yes the US influence on the area was a stopper on the USSR taking control but lad war was never an option for them.

Um, I'm sorry, but the USSR did invade European countries and kept them for fifty years! Ask Czechoslovakia and Hungary about Soviet invasions.