tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post4902934117615152528..comments2024-03-29T09:08:47.702-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Let's Tie A Couple of Stories TogetherSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-24056363102880666122011-06-12T19:08:23.704-04:002011-06-12T19:08:23.704-04:00There's nothing uglier than a junkie backed in...<i>There's nothing uglier than a junkie backed into a corner, and we've got a whole government full of them. </i> <br /><br />We also have a country full of people depending on Fed.gov to help in their basic survival. <br /><br />I'm really crappy at figuring out timing, but I think from a purely practical standpoint, recovery isn't possible at this point. No politician has had the guts to talk about what's really necessary.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-35277686172681826842011-06-12T17:10:57.711-04:002011-06-12T17:10:57.711-04:00"I think we're seeing nothing less than A..."<i>I think we're seeing nothing less than America being taken apart. It's the first Nation Going Out of Business Sale.</i>"<br /><br />The problem with this is that nations don't work the way you and I do.<br /><br />When we get liquidated, the sheriff's deputies come drag our stuff to the auctioneers.<br /><br />But we don't have tanks and nuclear missiles.<br /><br />If things get financially ugly enough, a lot of people who go on about the End of Large-Scale Conventional Wars might eat crow.<br /><br />There's nothing uglier than a junkie backed into a corner, and we've got a whole government full of them.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.com