tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post2037728466136611358..comments2023-10-12T10:10:26.191-05:00Comments on Second Effort: For want of a nail.... an Unscientific Survey about how we got in this messThe Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723009641287783218noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-57831229570963149402011-08-08T17:11:16.228-05:002011-08-08T17:11:16.228-05:00Your nail sounds good, I'd put a recent peg at...Your nail sounds good, I'd put a recent peg at the rise of the corporations' influence on politics, and another at Citizen's United. A peg for our fear of what's happening to us and willingness to believe the lies we are told goes back some decades. Beyond that, I'll punt.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411527807049220749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-73607879475889799262011-08-08T15:18:25.004-05:002011-08-08T15:18:25.004-05:00well i'm not all that smart in these things bu...well i'm not all that smart in these things but even i can see that we are spending more than we are taking in and that cannot work. it doesn't work for me and it doesn't work for the government. the stupidest part of it to me is that we are borrowing money from other countries to give away to still OTHER countries. huh? insanity. pure and simple. insanity.<br /><br />smiles, bee<br />xoxoxoxoxoEmpress Bee (of the high sea)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08300140506585000934noreply@blogger.com