Eldorado and Candide

It is way too early for Voltaire.  I like the Bernstein overture to his and Lillian Hellman's libretto much better. I do leave you, on this day when Greece followed by Spain and a few others goes down the tubes, when the criminal investigation into Goldman Sachs starts full throttle, when 35 years ago Saigon fell and when Larry Kudlow on CNBC notices that the economy is booming and everything is on the right track to recovery...with this little scene synopsis from Candide "After traveling for days, Candide and Cacambo find themselves in the land of Eldorado, where gold and jewels litter the streets. This utopian country has advanced scientific knowledge, no religious conflict, no court system.... and places no value on its plentiful gold and jewels."   Ahhh yearning for Eldorado.