sorry, typos: *statistics*, urban legend *with*
just got up, tired.

There is a number of examples of companies, which, after either recieving big bailouts or having had a VERY profitable year, gave hordes of their people the slip to further polish the statistict for their shareholders. to automatically connect a wealthy economy to a healthy society is a widely believed urban legend which no definite facts backing it up whatsoever.

this here is a very sad and very beatiful animated requiem for jim henson - everytime i watch it, i feel like bursting into tears:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=13057112