This morning I took a look back at this thread I started a few weeks ago when I found myself gripped with a sudden desire to know more about the FDIC. I just checked the calculator I linked here then to see what it had to say about the new rules. It now includes an update. (You know, I have wondered how the government knows what I am writing about on TOTV. This is not the first time my links have been changed. Do you think I should be worried????)
Today, I am including a link to a story about the woman who is in charge of the FDIC. From the story, I think I like her.
Now, here is your morning storytime. (And I am not exactly digressing here. I am just telling you a little story that connects this financial mess to the story of the Trojan War.)
Anybody familiar with the story of Cassandra in the Trojan War? Well, Cassnadra kept running around inside the walls of Troy, warning the others, "DO NOT BRING THAT WOODEN HORSE IN HERE!!!"
But, nobody would listen to Cassandra. They thought she was just trying to ruin their celebration. They thought the horse was a gift in honor of their victory. All Cassandra's fellow Trojans wanted to do was party on and get really drunk. So that's what they did, ignoring Cassandra's warnings.
You know the rest of the story. Party people are not good at protecting much of anything. And those partying Trojans were so arrogant that they had even pulled that wooden horse inside those walls that had always kept their city invincible. And then the soldiers who were hiding inside that wooden horse, climbed out and slaughtered them, right inside those famous walls that had always protected their city.
So here's the link to the story about the woman who is the head of the FDIC. She tried to warn them. Nobody would listen.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=95881741
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