Hey. No Bank Bailout For Mr Karzai.

Well, here's the deal. Mr Mahmoud Karzai, the brother of the Afghanistan President and major stockholder of the largest bank in Afghanistan is calling on the United States to bail out the bank. Pres. Hamid Karzai has called on the citizens to remain calm. Mr Karzai, the brother, is one of the folks thought to be somewhat corrupt. Now there, didn't I say that politely? My wife tells me I should be more polite. Here in the good ole U. S. of A. we're struggling with something of a recession. A small thing, but it's our recession and we'd like to solve our own problems. We have not called on Afghanistan to step in and solve our recession. Now, admittedly there are similarities. If you look at our congress, you might think, hey, we have corruption too. And you'd be right. But still, we haven't asked for Mr. Karzai's help. Again, if you look at our congress, you might get the idea that we're involved in a civil war. After all, our representatives aren't very civil. Of course, in Afghanistan, there's a lot more civility. That's because there's plenty of U.S. dollars and drug money to go around. Not so in the U.S. Here, our representatives have to struggle to get their share. What with earmarks and all, our boys (and girls) don't have it easy. So back off Mr. Karzai. You can have our troops and out munitions and foreign aid dollars, but no bank bailout. We tried that with our own banks and they took the money and ran straight to the bank, so to speak. They didn't share it like we asked.