Hard times, greed and morals.

BBC NEWS | Business | 'Outrage' at AIG bonus payments

If any of these executives are taking note, for your gross negligence and greed do the morally correct thing and hand back all of the bonuses.
It is in my humble opinion, that those financial institutions that could have failed should have failed and the profitable parts, of such big financial institutions sold off to pay for the mess they created in the first place. There are many smaller organisations who must be ruing at the lost opportunity to grow their business as these global organisations started to fail, only to be saved by tax payer's bailouts.
Would it have been cheaper for the governments to back health smaller financial institutions, so they could buy the profitable parts of the bigger financial institutions as long as the smaller financial institutions sign up to the new financial code?

Unfair pitch battle?

BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | Broad attacks Caribbean pitches

"The wickets have been overly flat, it's not been a fair battle between bat and ball and it doesn't make for exciting cricket," Broad lamented

Sorry Chris if the pitch wasn't to your liking. But how is it an unfair battle when the WI team have to use the same pitch? Care to expand?

Why should the pitch suit you?

BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | Broad attacks Caribbean pitches

Ah so you are finding excuses for the impending defeat in the Caribbean. The pitches, the WI team negative attitude, the sun, the humidity the cheer leaders? Hang on, who decided to declare far too early and the result? It costed you the game? Bad decisions that resulted in a draw when you were in the driving seat.
If the pitches are a batting pitch then you should be scoring tons and draw every test game. You don't go to the other team's home turf, with the hope that the field will be design for your style of play.
Take stock and get real.