The Lighter Side of Roame...

Haven't felt like myself in a while. The economy, this election have really soured my mood. I'm very angry.
I feel my blood pressure rising at the mere site of a McCain/Palin bumper sticker. I want to get out of my car, walk up to the offending vehicle and occupant and scream, "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME, YOU GOD DAMNED LEMMING!" I don't understand what these people are seeing in these two. I mean, I'm an open minded person. Ask anyone who knows me. I have no trouble seeing another person's point of view. I can admit when I'm wrong. But how the hell can you look at AND listen to Sarah Palin and think, " That's a person I can stand behind." Are these people that gullible, that narrow minded that they'll vote for ANY Republican candidate? Wake up, people! Having lived longer is not a qualifier for the office of President nor does living geographically closer to a foreign country give you experience in matters of foreign policy.
I read the paper, watch the news regarding the status of our economy and my mood starts to darken further. I can't help but feel major contempt towards Wall Street and the individuals who run these investments firms and the others involved in creating this sink hole that is our economy. You know what pisses me off even more? The fact that these fucks couldn't care less. Oh, believe me, when this gets sorted out and the Federal Government starts to parade the few sacrifices in front of the courts, those few will feel inconvenienced that they've been put on display. They may even have to spend a little time but when they get out, it's back to the lavish lifestyle. They've socked their money away off shore, Switzerland, wherever and won't have a care in the world. The thought of that makes me go to a very dark place and it takes some time to come back from there. My only hope is that somebody will say,"Enough!" and really start to punish these people. If somebody out there wants to put ME in the position of doing that, I'll be happy to oblige. I'm tired of this injustice and the unfairness of it all. I feel like my voice isn't being heard. It's very frustrating.
So, the dreaded "spectre of layoffs" has reared his ugly head at the company where I am employed. I work in finance as a credit analyst at one of the few banks who are not in trouble but they want to cut costs. Senior mangement paid us a visit from corporate HQ last week and informed us in so many words that due to the economy, consumer market, blah, blah , blah..that cuts may have to be made and they'll know more in a few weeks. At which time they'll be back with the ax, or something to that affect. The kicker for me was the positive attitude approach that we as employees should take in the coming weeks. That we should not dwell on the possible unemployment that may be in our future but keep doing the good work that we're doing. No use worrying over what you can't control. Really? Easy for you to say, you're not in danger of losing your fucking job! How very Zen of our senior management to pass on that little philosophical gem. Being in senior management I reckon your green is a little longer than mine and certainly your severance package would probably get you a little further than what I'm going to get. So, fuck you and your advice. I'll continue to do my work and do it well as is my nature and work ethic but spare me your thin concern and your pep rally.
These are some of the things that are weighing on me and preventing me from being the jovial, being of light that I'm capable of becoming. Thank you for reading. I appreciate your time. Oh, and I'm awfully sorry for the off-colour language I use in this post and my others. Often times I find the Queen's english fails to accurately convey the emotion I'm feeling at the time I'm attempting to express myself. You do understand, don't you? No? Fuck off.