When the Wheels Come Off the Band Wagon

Woohoo! Here we go. The stock market is on fire and corporations are giddy with the prospect of extra money to throw into the fray. Money! Money! Resorts. Entertainment. Shallow reality TV stars as world leaders. Nobody has to think because that is passe, prudish, boring -- the habit of losers. As speed picks up, the band wagon begins to shake and shimmy because it is not built to last on a path made rough by environmental collapse, widening income disparity, rampant social injustice. Not everyone has a seat on this wagon of billionaires and fat cats. Better hang on. The wheels haven't been greased and the driver can't see the turns ahead, the hungry eyes of all those left out of the wild ride.