"As Mr Brown looked on during a press conference, Mr Lula da Silva said that action was urgent since it would be intolerable for the poor — who were blameless for the collapse of financial markets — to suffer the most from its effects." [source]

 Remind anywone else of the Joke from "Fiddler on the Roof?"

Tevye: And Reb Nahum, the beggar . . .
Nahum: Alms for the poor, alms for the poor.
Lazar: Here, Reb Nahum, is one kopek.
Nahum: One kopek? Last week you gave me two kopeks.
Lazar: I had a bad week.
Nahum: So if you had a bad week, why should I suffer?
 

More evidence that ‘Paul Was (gasp) Right,’ this time coming in the form of a study showing that teens who listen to sexually explicit and degrading lyrics tend to translate those lyrics into personal behavior:  "Explicit lyrics linked to sex among teens"

That’s right, you’re not just what you eat, you’re who you listen to, or watch on TV, or fill your mind with!

In an unusual piece of research, investigators at the University of Pittsburgh graded the sexual aggressiveness of lyrics, using songs by popular artists on the US Billboard chart.