This image is part if a story from latimes.com and you can read the story by clicking here. Paul Trujillo, the young man to the left in black, and two of his friends created the mural on his grandparents' fence, with their permission and support, in Denver CO. When the mural was brought to the attention of Denver city officials and city officials examined it, they sent a letter to Paul's grandparents saying it had to be removed or they would face a $150 fine, which would increase over time.
I found this story this morning and once I read it here's what I thought: "How stupid of Denver officials.", "Since when is the word, 'VOTE' illegal?", and "It's on personal property!". These were the first thought I had. Another thought I've had in regard to this story is: "Are Denver trying to stomp out creative art?" Because it is creative and inspired, at least in my opinion. However, please click the link above, read the story and form your own opinion.
As for other events, Wall Street apparently still hasn't gotten the message from Washington that the $700 billion bail out bill passed, was signed into law and that there was a "rate cut", I think refers to the interest rate, because the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell another 189 points today. Well maybe Wall Street will get the message tomorrow
Also I just saw a headline on cnn.com that the New York Federal Reserve Bank is going to lend AIG another $37.8 BILLION of TAXPAYERS' MONEY!!!!!!! WTF!!!! The money the Fed is giving to AIG isn't even a loan! My understanding of the article, which you can read here, is AIG will give the Fed something called 'investment-grade fixed-income securities', which AIG originally gave other instutions for a fee, who are now giving them back to AIG for refund on the fee they were charged. GGRRRRR!! All of this, on top of the fact, which we the public just learned from a congressional committee, that within days of the initial $85 Billion bailout for AIG, some of their executives went to a resort and spent over $400,000!!! Those executives should be FIRED on the spot and the people at the New York Fed should be bitch-slapped!!! Geez, I'm pissed!
Ok, I'm going to quit before I write something that I'll regret. Everyone out there that is eligable to VOTE, should VOTE on Nov. 4 and "Live long and Prosper".
