tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post7857286539780121433..comments2023-07-03T08:51:01.209-05:00Comments on What Powderfinger Said . . . Observations on Life in the Dying Empire: Yet Another Great Big LieAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111660094586126379noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post-85138185887952684652011-10-05T15:56:43.829-05:002011-10-05T15:56:43.829-05:00I fear we're going to be witnessing the breakd...I fear we're going to be witnessing the breakdown of vital public services and catastrophic infrastructure failures in the not too distant future as the true dimensions of this recession (I think it's a depression, but what's in a name?) become evident. It's going to take something like this for most of the dullards in this country to wake up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111660094586126379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post-20013722156422252132011-10-05T15:17:35.879-05:002011-10-05T15:17:35.879-05:00Very familiar... my daughter was recently in Naple...Very familiar... my daughter was recently in Naples and the garbage is out of control. (Google on "Naples garbage" if you wish).<br /><br />Italy may be first again, and have a Duce who doesn't make the trains run on time, but who has the garbage picked up...<br /><br />The break down of free governments lead to tyranny... and on time trains and clean streets.Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post-85116070837944237522011-10-03T02:25:34.364-05:002011-10-03T02:25:34.364-05:00It's the same kind of search for security and ...It's the same kind of search for security and release from fear that produced the fascists in the 1920s. National socialism provided just the formula: a scapegoat, supernationalism, a torrent of lies, a police state. Does this sound familiar to you?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111660094586126379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post-71733705002147101602011-10-02T05:48:45.931-05:002011-10-02T05:48:45.931-05:00Times of Stress are the breeding grounds for the B...Times of Stress are the breeding grounds for the Big Lie, because people will believe anything whatsoever to reduce the level of tension, to assuage their fear.<br /><br />They are in a panic attack and need to grasp onto something simple, easy, and facile... <br />what could be easier than removing all regulations - they are only laws! - and having the good time roll again!Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.com