Amazing how words uttered long ago can still ring true today. Here's some timeless wisdom from Mark Twain:

"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on... or by imbeciles who really mean it."

And if you don't believe those words, here's a quote by US President George Bush just after the second largest bank collapse in U.S. history:

In regards to our monetary and financial system, it is "Basically sound".

I wonder if Bush is the same guy who called the Titanic "Unsinkable"... Nah, that was too long ago for Bush, it must have been John McCain who uttered those words.