Thank you for the comments, all insightful. If any of your would have an interest in writing a review of my new book, "Not Half Free: The Myth That America Is Capitalist," you could either buy the eBook on Amazon ($2.66) or I could send you the completed MS, including the preface by David Kelley, founder of the Atlas Society and chief philosophical consultant to the Atlas series of movies. What do you say?

Hello WDonway,
Your diagnosis and prognosis seem spot on.
The ancient Greeks gave birth to democracy. The modern ones demonstrated how one is put to death.
It would be an amazing tale and history lesson for future generations to learn from if they adopted and succeeded with your prescription.
Respectfully,
O.A.

I rad somewhere recently that justin Bieber will be 59 years old when Greece has to start paying her creditors. That leaves her free to start all over again.

Interestingly, there were riots in Athens yesterday over the new austerity program; I figured that it would take a year before the people squawked...hell, it didn't take 24 hours.

BAH!

They will survive in deeper debt servitude.
I wonder two things however...

Where is the new bailout money coming from since Germany already said no?

At what point does the EU finally crumble from member states leaving because they refuse to fund more bailouts.