AWWWWWWWWWW!

Damn Germans. They have no sense of humor whatsoever. I though we were going to have some real fun with this Greek thing but the Germans just folded and gave the Greeks another month to set things right. Yeah, fat chance. Now kicking the can down the road IS a strategy but at some point the Euros will have to come to grip with the problem and we'll be there.

It's remarkable just how much ill feeling towards the Greeks specifically and the the entire concept of the EU in general has arisen as a result of this affair, especially in Germany whose citizens believe--rightly or wrongly--that they are going to bear the full burden of any bail-out. There is an element of "i told you so" among the population for it was always the fear that absent true political integration it would fall to Germany to bare the full cost, whatever that might be of the EU. The thought of bringing a group of diverse nations whose common goal for the last 900 years has been to kill off their neighbors into some form of truly integrated political entity was, for some of us at least, a bridge way too far for starters. Odd how politicians seem to believe they understand their people better than the people themselves. We're going through a bit of that thought process in our country today where The Leader's vision for the United States doesn't quite match that of its citizens irrespective of how the last election turned out. We shall see how all this plays out on both continents. In the mean time, it's tough on we bloggers in the face of the patience of Jobe being shown by the Euros. In the meantime, I think I'll stay off Airbuses. If it aint Boeing, I aint goin." Or so say my pilot buddies.

We're going to get back to the banking business tomorrow. Sorry, I wasn't ready for this flop of today. Oh, today marks the 400th hour when the temperature hasn't gotten above freezing. I wish Al Gore would come back.