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El Mundo Moronic?

If you look at headlines populating all the major news organizations past few days there were three major events that stole all real estate. These headlines but headline one indisputable fact - the world has gone nuts. Loco. Kaput. Bonkers. I suspect its not a recent occurrence yet amplifies the message yet again to those listening. Newsworthy items included - 1. Greece is going to freak out - they cannot handle the stress - they have no money. 2. Spain is next - then France - they also have no money - they are all waiting to fall. Elections not withstanding (which means to fall). Damn no one saw this fall coming after the Berlin wall. 3. Facebook is likely to raise 100B dollares from the same idiots who see these countries failing due to lack of money. Ever wonder where the money went? To gab on facebook? To put ads on facebook? I mean if a company designed to woo the opposite sex for date night is able to raise $100B market cap then can the combined economies of Greece, Spain and France not do so? Are the Mighty Greeks, the Romantic Spaniards and the Artistic French no good after all? Would the EU collapse ruin the after party for FB? Could we be looking at a European Fall after the Arab Spring? Now that would be ironic?

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