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Blame Game

Its funny. Everywhere you look someone is blaming the other one. Facebook caused its own fiasco to add to the fun since stateside we were getting bored with the republican - democrat match - it was getting to be a five setter with Nadal and Federer after a while. Being Gay has again become a wedge issue. I am not sure what it means but its in the news so must be newsworthy? Now though post FB IPO its turned into a People vs. Morgans match. Mark sure added some excitement. One is called JP and the other has Stanley in its last name. Damn the morgans. Meantime the Zuck is off to a honeymoon assuming his newest trick was real - that of getting married. You could pretend to do anything anyway with an online identity these days. So who knows. Wonder if he has posted his moon shots on line? Europe has of course been doing its part to keep the sundry entertained with their version of musical chairs and blame the newest idiot. A while ago the faces were a bit different but now the game continues. Who is the dumbest of them all? France got a new leader who wears glasses but am not sure what his agenda is - he claims to be a socialist but does not like to save money. Italy - who knows who is in charge there.. the quick to bolt got some other high flying jobs at the IMF or the ECB or some other vague instituions that handle other people's money. Perhaps the match up between the Android fans vs. the Apple fans will be more entertaining when it comes time to change out their phones again since none of the promised features work - the speeds are so slow - which they can go back to tweeting or updating the book with their newest blames online.
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