Although the last two suggestions seem outlandish, they are no more outlandish than the plan to get the IRS, and the Courts, to accept that the ownership of such a major work by a renowned artist is worthless just because you cannot sell it.

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Rockefeller made many such overpriced acquisitions on his way to world dominance in oil, and a veritable cottage industry emerged to take advantage of his world-conquering impatience: people would set up obviously worthless refineries just to get bought up by Rockefeller.

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It seemed inconceivable at that time that the print book business with its half-millennium history would become worthless in just a few years time, so the predictions by industry leaders were that the venerable print book business would coexist happily with the augmentation of e-books that would allow people to travel easily with their favorite book.

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But Deano and Maloney insist that social media is worthless if it's just about putting eyeballs in front of their corporate logo.

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The colloquial Hindi word, which means "worthless" or "incompetent, " was not just undeserved.

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In this administration's dealings with Iran, including the sanctions that we just saw passed last week, the deadlines are meaningless, the sanctions are worthless, and the speeches are pointless.

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But the government will borrow those new deposits, leave an IOU in the Trust Fund and then promptly spend the money just as it has with the Social Security Trust Fund perhaps on some worthless green energy project that may eventually embarrass the Obama administration.

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Even if the insurance is worthless, why pay less for bonds from a government whose finances are rated single-A just because the bonds are insured?

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But also, just like the awakening in 2007 to the idea that many of the housing loans and associated financial products were worthless, so there is a growing fear that a number of financially overstretched governments, especially in the eurozone, will not be able to repay their debts in full.

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