They took advantage of the complete lack of meaningful governance by locating the easy pickings.
And, in so doing, they developed a new criminal tactic based on some very old criminal tactics.
They preyed on the weakest and most vulnerable, and then held them ransom for their extravagant demands.
When questioned by reporters, they replied, “We have families to feed too, you know.”
The nations of the world scratched their heads and tried to come up with a proper response.
And their representatives came to Washington, D.C. and ate smoked quail and rack of lamb, washed down with $500-a-bottle wine.
Oh, you thought I was talking about the Somali pirates.
I was thinking about the bankers and the bundlers and the hedge fund managers who went after the cheap mortgage market, the check cashing places and pay day loan places (one of the biggest owned by Wells Fargo) and the automobile title loan companies. Not to mention the senators and congressmen.
Sorry if there was any mix-up.
Courage.
Classy move: Auto-maker CEOs flying into Washington D.C. in their private Leer Jets to ask for $25 billion bailout.
I think your’e wrong. Pirates are those loveable one-eyed fellows that give out candy to nice kids on Halloween, are usually missing one limb, and because of a speech inpediment, drink incessantly. During these binges, they occasionally rob or sexually accost strangers.
The people you are refering to are what we called at home “shysters”. Eye-patches aren’t required by them, just greed.