My Mind

often wonders at what the ear
that aurally feeds it hears
from the mouth that issues
forth it's thoughts, when they occour.

If Nursing Homes

and sheltered housing are 'care in the community'
for the elderly and infirm, does that make the courts,
the police, and the prison system 'care outside
the community' for the propertyless and the young?

Why Does The New Merchant Banking Sound Like Licensed Prostitution For The Rich?

'So with the new merchant banking what we get is a shift 
from a world based on relationships [between bankers]
to a world based upon transactions and trading.
But trading dominated by the investment banking culture
[with] people who have no loyalty, either to their customers
or to the organizations for whom they worked. 
And they are concerned to make a transaction
[whether it is] in a few hours or a few milliseconds.
And once that transaction is made it is over. It's anonymous,
their [the new merchant bankers] only motivation is to make 
as much money as they can for themselves in as short an interval of time...  '
-a quote broadcast by Professor John Kay speaking on the recent Radio 4
documentary 'Fixing Broken Banking '.