Thursday, May 6, 2010

May 6, 2010

Today the Market dropped almost 1000 points, all within about five minutes. People who were watching it were stunned. Nobody understood what was happening.

But after another five minutes it started to revive itself and closed (only) 348 points down. It was very scary to watch what was happening.

Prior to the drop CNN was having life broadcast from Athens, Greece showing the street riots. Naturally, my first inclination was that maybe that caused this unexpected drop.

Later all the analyst came forward and explained it as a supposed erroneous trade by one of the major health companies. All this drop caused by somebody punching the wrong button.

If that was really the cause it means we are having in a very fragile financial system.

But on another TV network their analyst explained that the Greece was the cause of the drop. She also said that due to the bad financial situation several European countries are this kind of phenomena is not unexpected.

I like the first explanation which said it was human error that caused it. But this is a perfect example of no matter how many experts look at this they each will come up with their own interpretations.

So, who do you trust?

Maybe everybody should go out and buy a bottle of ouzo, that might help Greece's economy.


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I love the security system this country has. It gives me so much confidence and feeling of safety.

It seems that no matter how much money is being spent on various security measures they are always a few steps behind. We know they are behind because the government keeps adjusting it to fill some newly found gaps they did not think of earlier.

How can I feel safe on a plane when some ya hoo brings aboard explosives in his underwear and nobody thought of checking.

How can I feel safe walking on the street when some ya hoo parks his SUV filled with explosives in the busiest area in our city and no professionals are around to catch it. It needed a street vendor with his eyes open to notice it.

How can I feel safe boarding a plane when the airlines had to update their no-fly list only every 24 hours. That meant that a sharp eyed terrorist was able to board any plane before his name ever got listed.

Sometimes I wonder who is more inefficient. The bumbling terrorist who (thankfully) can not execute his assignment or our security that can not discover the bumbling terrorist before his screw up.

The system is broken and it needs to be fixed. 20/20 hindsight is not permissible when our security and lives are at stake. But unfortunately nobody is able to realize it.

All these high priced experts walk around with their chests puffed out like a peacock and saying I am a security expert, I am a security expert.

Well, prove it damn it and prevent terrible things before they happen. Make us feel safe!

2 comments:

  1. You will never feel safe any more. You have many, many aspiring terrorists living there, like we have here. You will never eradicate them unless you install a dictatorship. The aim of many muslim organisation is the establishment of muslim rule everywhere. Read about the subject and you will be depressed.

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  2. What pisses me off,these TV reporters, the market falls, the comment,it's your money,it's your safety,what about them,they are not touched at all? Are they above all of it? Maggie Rodriguez.with her hometown of Miami,she should go back,who needs her.She is totally useless, too busy watching her tummy grow.

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