tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post1077617569720283273..comments2024-03-25T05:23:41.171-04:00Comments on Bilbo's Random Thought Collection: Of Congress and Amy WinehouseBilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-87205633890942810162011-07-24T15:33:26.773-04:002011-07-24T15:33:26.773-04:00Superman will soon be here to save the day...... r...Superman will soon be here to save the day...... right?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017192454403363349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-47084143584329263682011-07-24T13:09:21.542-04:002011-07-24T13:09:21.542-04:00I wish they had a No Award for Congress.I wish they had a No Award for Congress.Leslie Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-80051812832544525702011-07-24T13:06:31.199-04:002011-07-24T13:06:31.199-04:00I think "these folks" feel that they can...I think "these folks" feel that they can act against their own best interests (houses, investments, etc.) because they expect (or already know)that they will be taken care of by those who will benefit from these policies. (Those would be the ultra rich and corporations who will be happy to spend a fraction of their vast wealth to give them lucrative "jobs" when they are out of office, but for reasons of their own don't want to help anyone who isn't rich or able to do them favors.)<br /><br />We live in sad times....allenwoodhavennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-15494955268470019962011-07-24T12:24:38.837-04:002011-07-24T12:24:38.837-04:00Good and valid comparison. What puzzles me is that...Good and valid comparison. What puzzles me is that I perceive many very powerful people in and outside of government acting not only against the best interests of the country, but - so it seems to me anyway - against their very own best interests. Don't these folks have investments, own homes, etc.? It's almost as if they are intent on committing economic suicide and want to force the rest of us at gunpoint to joint them.Dave Hesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02738294963280263898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-71933135961084025632011-07-24T09:56:41.506-04:002011-07-24T09:56:41.506-04:00Time to re-iterate your motto,"I have seen th...Time to re-iterate your motto,"I have seen the truth and it makes no sense."Claudianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-28864659463844115052011-07-24T08:01:26.650-04:002011-07-24T08:01:26.650-04:00Thanks for the shout-out.
...and I guess I have y...Thanks for the shout-out.<br /><br />...and I guess I have your nomination for "The Last Remaining Honorable Politician" in Nobody!John A Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777330742400065045noreply@blogger.com