I now sit and wonder: did anyone ask the ordinary American John Doe if he wanted his money to be used to pay for the yachts, private jets, personal islands and bear bellies of those high up in prestigious firms on Wall Street?
There, only a few are successful in overcoming the invisible walls of their intellectual ghettos; only a few make it into the world of universities, steady jobs and guaranteed earnings.
In the current conflict, the strong men of the Kremlin, President Dmitri Medvedev and his Rasputin and executing arm, Vladimir Putin, have patiently waited for the moment to avenge the affront that the decisive support by Bush for the unilateral independence of Kosovo represented.