Monday, July 21, 2014

The real grim reaper is Wall Street.

It would seem as though Wall Street is already picking over the bones of Malaysian Airlines. It is disgusting to say the least.

There is every indication there may have been people alive in their fall to Earth after the missile hit the Malaysian Airliner. The reports coming from the crash site describes people intact still strapped into their seats with clothing and jewelry.

No one could ever survive the fall. The person falling through the sky IF there was enough oxygen to support them at 33,000 feet when the initial missile exploded would have met death as soon as their seat hit the ground. The velocity alone may have proved too much for the human respiratory system to actually breath.

I was more than impressed that Russia has consented to a UN resolution regarding this tragedy. With all the anger leveled at Russia, it's current leadership is attempting to rise above the anger to bring about an understanding they are willing to be a part of the global consensus to resolve all there is to resolve.

Russia has sincere responsibility to bring about a reality to this event as they were monitoring their border with eastern Ukraine. But, Russia also has to realize the separatists that appear to be the people responsible for this tragedy identify themselves with an overthrow of a sovereign nation in Ukraine. The dissolution of the treaty was an impetus to the separatists current standing, buoyed by the Russian hubris regarding the Crimean Peninsula. Now, while that seems like an insult to Russia, the treaty was an international document.

Russia should build it's way back to status by recapturing the spirit of the treaty and return it's status to secure the borders and economy of Ukraine. If Russia willed the end of the separatist movement by returning an international treaty to it's status it would limit any legitimate reason for the continued conflict and would place Ukraine and Russia on the same side against any violence within Ukraine borders.


July 19, 2014

Red Reed Contributor

After two fatal crashes (click here) in five months, Malaysia Airlines faces a high barrier to continued operations, because history shows that the combination of crashes and financial difficulties has repeatedly contributed to carriers’ demise.

Aviation consultant Bob Mann said Malaysia Airlines’ continued existence was already threatened by poor financial results, particularly following the March 8 disappearance of Malaysia Flight 370.  The crash of Flight 17, shot down over Ukraine on Thursday, “is not going to help,” he said.

Although Malaysia Airlines is highly regarded for its service levels, “there’s a big distinction between service quality and technical merit, on the one hand, and being financially solvent enough to be around,” Mann said....

As far as Malaysian Airlines, it has a future. There are many people employed within an airline once considered a superior flight company. There will be no doubt some struggles until responsibility is assigned to this current tragedy, but, I doubt anyone wants it to fail.

The UN needs to invoke standards as to when a region of the world cannot be trusted for commercial flights. This was obviously a surprise in the missile launch that killed 285 people. It was hardly Malaysian Airlines fault as it was as naive as any other airline in route from Europe that day.

Wall Street needs to find CIVILITY within it's ranks as it would actually prevent financial failure as if it needs to reminded about financial failures. It was believed Wall Street was once lined with gentlemen and gentlewomen whom actually conducted business to benefit people. Not wolves looking forward to destroying economic vitality at every OPPORTUNITY. 

I always believed Wall Street's character descriptions was that of bears and bulls. It would seem as though the real character description is a blood thirsty pack of wolves comprised of Alphas competing for the same territory.