Bailout. Probably a worn topic. But what the hell.

I couldn't help but think about whether or not these lovely politicians of ours are in fact villains or heroes. I cannot pretend to be an economist, so I'll stop short of saying whether the decision was in fact wrong or right, but the whole thing smacks of posturing.

Blogging is new to me, luddite that I am

But I'll try to make it relatively interesting for those of you unfortunate enough to find yourselves here...
I read this graphic novel recently, on the recommendation of my local comic book store expert:
http://www.amazon.com/Punisher-MAX-Vol-8-Widowmaker/dp/0785124543
(you will want to cut and paste that)
really scary stuff, very much in the anti hero vein, as you would expect, but with a strange twist wherein the women of the story pretty much take over, both as protagonist (well, sort of) and antagonists.
It asks a lot of questions about the cyclical psychology of violence and revenge. Like Macbeth... with crack, machine guns, and blowjobs.
Disturbing, disgusting, and well...mindblowing.
If anyone has any interest I can bring it to class sometime.
Been thinking a lot about Campbell's book, and his view that every hero follows relatively the same path of journey, travail, return. Does any else get the feeling there's more to it than that nowadays? It may be too early for that question, but there it is.