i'm running low on outrage

i am running low on outrage.  i thought perhaps my supply was unlimited- i did after all make it through the bush years with my hope intact & i didn't fall into apathy as a result of feeling impotent.  the whole bailout thing is pretty disgusting- rewarding some people for their greed (which was unlimited).  then we hear the stories- AIG treating their folks to the $45k spa experience.  citibank getting a talking to because they wanted to buy a corporate jet with their federal bailout money.  & then today we hear about wells-fargo wanting to use the money to continue the tradition of taking their top 1000 employees on an annual excursion.  this one was in las vegas for 11 days to the tune of 25 million.  how out of touch are these people?  it's bad enough if they are spending their profit, but to think nothing of taking tax money/federal money which our future generations will be wrestling with for years & years & take a first class trip to las vegas for 1000 people & their guests!!!!  one of their past annual events was a private concert by jimmy buffett when they were visiting some warm caribbean island between helicopter rides.  

& today they were talking on NPR about executive & CEO pay.  they say if we don't pay it, we won't get the top people-  these top people have failed in so many ways.  i'd hate to see what the lower kind of people might produce- could they do worse?  some of the compensation experts (now there's a career) said that if they don't pay these guys top dollar, they'll go somewhere else.  that may have been true at some point in the past- where would they go today?  

anyway, enough of that.  it's not original & it's boring.  & i am tired of the greed & lack of empathy by so many these days.

on another note- what is up with facebook?  over the past two weeks, i think almost over a dozen of my friends have recently joined.  what started this phenomenon?  the kids are losing some interest in it because of all the old people who are on it now.  i am wondering if there was recently some sort of big story or event regarding facebook that so many people signed up in such a short time frame?  it's fine with me- i just wonder what's going on.  

i think i'll devote one day a week of the blog to gift ideas & cool shopping places & unusual objects that i run across.  with my travel having ground to a halt, i'll have to let me fingers do the walking- the cyber stuff gives a whole different meaning to that old ad tagline from at&t- how many years ago was that?    

for right now, my waning outrage & i are going to go to sleep now- perhaps i'll refuel in my sleep!