I thought it was remarkably ironic to read this week that Lehman Brothers may be forced into a sale after declaring losses of almost $3 Billion:

Major U.S. investment banks this week announced yet another painful quarter amid the implosion of mortgage-backed securities and risky credit investments. Regional banks have scrambled to secure fresh capital to stay in business, and by Wednesday there was new talk that embattled investment bank Lehman Brothers might be forced into a sale.

After all, it was the Chairman of Lehman Brothers, as I recall, who went to Edward Bernays and asked him to come up with a strategy that would move Americans from being a "needs based society" into a "desires based society". That is the root cause of everything that is causing the world to fall apart at the moment.

That concept or meme was successfully exported around the world for more than half a century. Demand based on desire rather than on need, and a greed mentality from investors, has led us to the point that we are at now....

While we should be focusing on really important issues that affect the planet and its survivability we are all still caught up in the trivia.