Culture Club

I was searching recently for the idiom "The Hand Writing Is On The Wall" and it's origins. Through the miracle of the Internet I discovered the quote is generally accepted from the Old Testament, Book of Daniel 539 BCE 5;25-28, should you care to read. The hand writing on the wall refers to imminent doom according to Daniel and drug store historians.

A more recent reference is found in a poem
"The Run Upon The Bankers".
Sounding as if it fell right out of the Great Depression. No says I. The Poem was written in 1734 by Johnathan Swift from Dublin, Ireland. One verse from the poem reads:

A baited banker thus desponds.
From his own hand foresees his fall.
They have his soul, who owns his bonds;
'Tis like the hand writing on the wall.

Through out history there are many references predicting forthcoming misfortune. As well as many references made directly to "The Hand Writing On The Wall". Who knew in 2012 the wall was also a street. Wall Street certainly would not be a stretch for the prophetic words of Swift
some 278 years ago.

One cannot ignore the regularity of corruption that surfaces in the news every week. Wall Street has always been a breeding ground of deceit. In my own memory it occurred every 3 to 4 years in the last century. Since the passing of the Financial Modernization Act of 1999 the corruption has gone out of control. We are on the wrong path and can no longer ignore
"The Hand Writing On The Wall"