For those longing for the good ol' days of shadowy conspiracy theories involving Washington and Wall Street instead of daylight robbery, there is hope. We still have the opportunity to speculate about vast quantities of lobbying money, secret donations, promises of support and power, or maybe even blackmail to get so many politicians to completely ignore the outcry of Americans against the bailout of Wall Street "banksters." Whatever the price, it was surely a sound investment for those living in Bankster paradise, about to receive hundreds of billions of dollars from us poor folk who are already overwhelmed with debt. The audacity of asking us, with a straight face, to give them so much money without supervision, with no oversight at all, making the Banksters and their man in Treasury a law unto themselves, is simply outrageous. Almost as outrageous as the claims of the Gaddianton robbers in the Book of Mormon (e.g., the epistle in 3 Nephi 3 of Giddianhi to the Nephites with a message much like that of the Banksters: give us everything - it's for your own good).

LDS rapper IcedMo is said to be working on the lyrics for "Living in a Banksta's Paradise." Suggestions or contracts welcome. My inside man shared a few lines so far:

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of debt
I take a look at my account and realize there's nothing left
Cause the Fed's been blastin and laughing so long that
Even Warren Buffet thinks our credit is gone

We be ruled by a gang that should be going to jail
But their man stared us down, said we're paying the bail.
Their stock may topple, but they'll be popping the bottle.
Doing it an your dimes. Make that a few trillion times. . . .
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