But Mama Nature has this quirk of ebb and tide and always, always winning. I was talking with my mother (I do that occassionally) about the next country to take over the world. The days of a Hitler invading and grabbing landmass by force are in a way long over. No one will conquer the world by force. Instead they will over-populate and infiltrate from within. I suggested, based on that premise, the future world leaders will be likely Chinese, Indian, or Mexican, just to name three of the fastest growing world citizenships. Please don't take this as racist but instead, what I think, is a clever way to take over a country. If I wanted to take over the US I'd have as many citizens from my country enter and populate. Grab the elections. Take over.

By now, you may think that I'm a crackpot, an asshole, or making a obvious reference to the whole immigration situation and you're right on all three counts. However the immigration issue in my opinion is one of business. The focus should be on those businesses employing the illegals. But I'm getting severely sidetracked.

So back to my original train of thought. Populations expand but without the infrastructure, like health care, those populations are also likely to suffer a debilitating epidemic. Ebb and flow. What's the point? I forgot. Back to Immigration.

OK, so let's assume the Hispanics do a major power grab. So what? As their population gets better healthcare, jobs, and education, they are more likely to have a reduced birthrate, setting things up for the next population. Ebb and Flow.

But what really bugs the crap out of me is the recent proposal to penalize the oil companies that gouge a whopping $150 million. Yeah, that'll teach them. They make billions in profit off of gouging and the penalty is a slap of the wrist. History repeats itself. How many subsidiaries of Halliburton are under investigation for fraud? And comparing their fines to what they took in, folks, we're in the wrong business.

I guess, what's riling me is that soon I'll be again bringing in a paycheck. And one of the decisions I have to make is where to put some of it away for retirement. Frankly, all the choices leave me with a sour feeling, that no matter what I decide, once the money is out of sight, it's gone. It's out of control.