The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    This is the house that George built!

    This is the house that George built!
    These are men who lie in the house that George built.
    This is the war that killed the men
    That lie in the house that George built.

    This is the fraud that started the war
    That killed the men that lie in the house that George built.
    This is the Dick that contrived the fraud
    That started the war that killed the men
    That lie in the house that George built.

    This is is the press, so naive
    That trusted the Dick who did deceive
    That contrived the fraud that started the war that killed the men
    That lie in the house that George built.

    These are the workers who saved no mon'
    That believed the press, so naive
    That trusted the Dick who did deceive
    That contrived the fraud that started the war that killed the men
    That lie in the house that George built.

    These are the companies poorly run
    That fired the workers who saved no mon'
    That believed the press, so naive
    That trusted the Dick who did deceive
    That contrived the fraud that started the war that killed the men
    That lie in the house that George built.

    This the economy that went awry
    That bankrupt the companies poorly run
    That fired the workers who saved no mon'
    That believed the press, so naive
    That trusted the Dick who did deceive
    That contrived the fraud that started the war that killed the men
    That lie in the house that George built.

    These are investors who bought too high
    That wrecked the economy that went awry
    That bankrupt the companies poorly run
    That fired the workers who saved no mon'
    That believed the press, so naive
    That trusted the Dick who did deceive
    That contrived the fraud that started the war that killed the men
    That lie in the house that George built.

    These are the assets which weren't worth shit
    That ruined investors who bought too high
    That wrecked the economy that went awry
    That bankrupt the companies poorly run
    That fired the workers who saved no mon'
    That believed the press, so naive
    That trusted the Dick who did deceive
    That contrived the fraud that started the war that killed the men
    That lie in the house that George built.

    These are the bankers who all got rich
    That bought the assets which weren't worth shit
    That ruined investors who bought too high
    That wrecked the economy that went awry
    That bankrupt the companies poorly run
    That fired the workers who saved no mon'
    That believed the press, so naive
    That trusted the Dick who did deceive
    That contrived the fraud that started the war that killed the men
    That lie in the house that George built.

    These are the leaders who set the stage
    That helped the bankers who all got rich
    That bought the assets which weren't worth shit
    That ruined investors who bought too high
    That wrecked the economy that went awry
    That bankrupt the companies poorly run
    That fired the workers who saved no mon'
    That believed the press, so naive
    That trusted the Dick who did deceive
    That contrived the fraud that started the war that killed the men
    That lie in the house that George built.

    These are the people screaming with rage
    That elected the leaders who set the stage
    That helped the bankers who all got rich
    That bought the assets which weren't worth shit
    That ruined investors who bought too high
    That wrecked the economy that went awry
    That bankrupt the companies poorly run
    That fired the workers who saved no mon'
    That believed the press, so naive
    That trusted the Dick who did deceive
    That contrived the fraud that started the war that killed the men
    That lie in the house that George built!

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    Ooo!  This might just be the masterstroke that gets you twittered all over the blogoverse and turns into merch and books and Andrew Sullivan and adsense and speaking at an O'Reilly convention on Web 5.0 and consulting (did i mention consulting?) and briefly shaking hands with Tom Harkin and then ding! the 15 is so over, whew what ride.


    Web 5.0 is so yesterday's techcrunch


    Good show!  It's funny because it's true.

    Seriously, I liked it quite a bit.


    This is great Genghis, thank you.