the week that was

shit that hit the fan-
lehmann bros
merill
aig
mangalore
bihar
orissa
pakistan
north korea
palin's mails

resulting in-
prices, economic slowdown, unemployment, insecurity, fear, intimidation, military confrontation, nuclear threats, potentially leaked government hoo-hahs. plenty of fodder for the writers of the bond franchise. they've done korea already. and they did a media mogul so that leaves out anything related to business based shenanigans. that leaves two topics: intolerance and imprudent governments. Maybe they could weave both into one tight little script. now, how would something like that go? a minority government tries half heartedly to stop a bunch of politically motivated ultra-nationalistic zealots from mopping up the paddy fields of a poverty stricken country with a bunch of zealots of another kind. enter bond. an aston martin, a drink and a tumble with a bollwood actress follows and then he's down to business. He liaisons with a call center employee who accidentally discovers that the government intends to do nothing about the 'threshing of the paddy'. while being beaten up by a riotous mob that thinks he's an american trying to corrupt the neighbourhood's fair maidens, he has a vision where he learns about a red button on a control panel in a cave in the himalayas. a brief stint in a government hospital, a bout of malaria and a fetching nurse later, he's snowboarding his way to a cave right at the top of everest. finds the button. presses it. goes home. goes to a beach.

doesn't work for you?

maybe it'll work better with superman in it.

trippin' in tn