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60 minutes attacks Washington - love it!

Maybe one of the best pieces of (mainstream) journalism I've seen in a long time out of the US. I'm so use to the media tip-toeing around issues versus going in head-on with hard hitting investigative journalism.

Well, 60 minutes can't be accused of scratching anyone's back on this one. They go at Washington hard and hit Pelosi and Boehner on the practice of politicians trading stocks based on information only they have (you'd think that would be illegal, but apparently it's not. Surprise surprise, what actually is 'illegal' nowadays that some loophole doesn't allow people to engage in?)

I love watching these politicians try to explain how one day before a stock pops or drops based on politic events in Washington their decision to buy the stock and dump it for a profit a few days later does not suggest anything inappropriate is going on.




I'm telling you, if the media starts to really investigate this stuff and put it on the air regularly, the 2012 election is going to mind blowing. Heck, no one might get elected because they'll be too busy dealing with the riots in the streets. I seriously would not be surprise if OWS were to protest the voting centers in the 2012 election and literally shut down the election.

Should be an interesting year ahead.

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