IF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL, ARE BANKS SATANIC CULTS?

Was walking down the street to the ATM after having lunch in Fishtown and saw this.

Someone had really put a lot of effort in showing Bank of America how much they hated the corporation. Went and printed out a banner. Scaled a building to put it up right across from a Bank of America branch so the employees would have to see it every single day and everything. That's dedication. I mean, I have nothing but the utmost disgust for banks, the great symbol of crime and wickedness, but even I wouldn't put myself through that much trouble.

IN THE MEANTIME

Came across this Close to Home comic recently. It aptly describes most of the guys I know.

In the meantime, I'm reading someone's copy of Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, which I've put off reading for years. What leaves a bad taste in my mouth are the numerous criticisms against the memoir which points out the many inconsistencies and untruths Frank McCourt manipulated to tell a more emotional story. I picked up on his disdain for Limerick, Ireland early on in the book, and his constant veneration of America - his one goal, was a bit pathetic, but I can understand how America seems to be the one bright light when you're living in poverty and rags and oppression in another land. That well marketed dream many have bought into.