Wednesday, March 11, 2009

chamber of grinding

Being locked in Sturgis, MI 5 days a week since January 5th, I have been able to catch various programs on TV that I normally would not watch. Anyway, I have watched CNBC the last couple of days with morbid curiosity since, like everyone else, my 401k has dropped 50%. During the various interviews/shouting matches they split the screen with windows for each presenter. This week the hit a new high of 9 people in the discussion and on the screen at the same time. There is an 8.1% unemployment rate in this country right now (over 11% here in Michigan), but there is still a growth industry in pundits/opiners/blowholes on TV. This all began with CNN during the presidential election, which showcased two rows of 5 people/pundits, and 2 hosts in studio, but CNBC has upped the ante with 9 people spread out across the country.

Wealthy men who do no good are ground into powder in this chamber.

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