Mum's the word;-)
Fellow Billionaires, start working on those secret handshakes and ironic code words. Thanks to our government's growing concern over terror threats, a shroud of secrecy is being pulled over the nation's eyes.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will no longer provide a scorecard of security at power plants. The Federal Communications Commission has voted to withold news of communication blackouts from the public. Tom Ridge is considering removing hazardous-material signs from trains and trucks. The current administration made 44.5 million decisions to classify material in its first two years! Each document costs a measly $459 to bury good and deep. I pay that for a pedicure. And would pay much more to hide a skeleton or a toxic spill or the crappy service my telecommunications conglomerate offers!
Mystery has always been good for business. It's the crafty way billionaries, and our royal ancestral heritage, have managed to profit despite civil wars and plagues and market crashes. You see, we've managed to glamourize the mysterious. Consider pirates, gypsies, pool sharks and organized crime. Scoundrels all, but glamourous in the eyes of peasants. No one wanted a drink more than during prohibition! But stay sober dear friends, because we stand to see a boon during these clandestine days. Closed door meetings and the suppression of information always mean profits. Fellow Billionaire Bush is taking care of his own. Even he knows, the only folks with the information will be those priveleged enough to afford it!

- posted by Mary Dritch @ 6:45:33 PM