Monday, October 1, 2007

Where's James Bond When You really Need Him?


Ecuador has elected a new President, Rafael Correa.


He hasn't put pen to ink or ass to presidential chair yet, and already Wall Street is screaming for his head because he has been talking about a "21st Century" agenda, which to America translates automatically as...wait it for it...it's really ugly...that's right - SOCIALISM!!! ARGGGGGHHHH...


Now, what I know about Senor Correa and his country you could put in a thimble and have room for a barn dance.


Nevertheless...could Corporate America just contain itself for five minutes from its belief that it has a divine right to shape the future of all humankind, i.e., Consumers?


Is it possible that Wall Street really knows about as much as I do about Ecuador?


Like how profoundly America has understood Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It doesn't matter if America understands these countries, the US always seem to get its way. So why both with incidental facts, they only get in the way.