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malaise

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23. What they do is credit themselves for anything that works

Reply to NHvet (Reply #16)

Thu Oct 28, 2021, 09:45 AM

Oct 2021

and then blame the government for their fuck ups.

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Let me make this pellucidly clear [View all] malaise Oct 2021 OP

If only this country had enough intelligent people that realized this truth. Instead, bullwinkle428 Oct 2021 #1

Wish I could rec for malaise Oct 2021 #2

I have to give credit to John Fugelsang, who is my primary source for bullwinkle428 Oct 2021 #13

Love it malaise Oct 2021 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Oct 2021 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Oct 2021 #3

I think we can end the thread MontanaMama Oct 2021 #34

You know that and I know that... Act_of_Reparation Oct 2021 #4

thanks sheilahi Oct 2021 #5

That was my first thought. Ka-Dinh Oy Oct 2021 #35

What? Capitalism doesn't optimize for reliability. plimsoll Oct 2021 #6

+1,000,000. Add the "d" :) Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2021 #7

Ha malaise Oct 2021 #8

Great minds think alike and so do we :) Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2021 #26

Ha malaise Oct 2021 #9

Great minds think alike and so do we :) Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2021 #25

Facts don't matter when your head is in the gQp party Hulk Oct 2021 #10

It's pretty simple really Johnny2X2X Oct 2021 #11

Is this some kind of talking point or something? Farmer-Rick Oct 2021 #31

Yes ReTHUGs are trying to blame Biden for supply problems malaise Oct 2021 #37

Ahhhh Farmer-Rick Oct 2021 #39

Transparently clear....new word to my 74 year old vocabulary Hulk Oct 2021 #12

I stole it from one of our union leaders years ago malaise Oct 2021 #21

Those that worship the Holy Free Market multigraincracker Oct 2021 #14

True, but they can impact the economy berni_mccoy Oct 2021 #15

I agree re the management of the pandemic malaise Oct 2021 #24

40 plus years in the making NHvet Oct 2021 #16

What they do is credit themselves for anything that works malaise Oct 2021 #23

Yup, "free" trade removed the remains of regulations from the supply lines Farmer-Rick Oct 2021 #19

Well said malaise Oct 2021 #22

Correct you are..... NHvet Oct 2021 #27

Brought on by the pandemic, which wouldn't be nearly as bad Martin Eden Oct 2021 #20

That's the truth malaise Oct 2021 #29

Bingo! geardaddy Oct 2021 #28

Don't Moscow Mitch and his wife, former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chau .. IggleDuer Oct 2021 #30

The empty shipping containers need to be loaded onto ships and taken back to China FakeNoose Oct 2021 #32

By predicting it, it becomes inevitable. rickyhall Oct 2021 #33

too many truck, rail, and warehouse workers are too Trumpified to wear their masks paulkienitz Oct 2021 #36

Unfortunately, we can't expect the average person to make this association. Moebym Oct 2021 #38

I do think the previous administration scared a lot of Boomers into early retirement nt Shermann Oct 2021 #40

That's not been talked about enough, as far as I'm concerned. llmart Oct 2021 #42

It's been predicted for a long time Shermann Oct 2021 #47

Clearly clear. EarnestPutz Oct 2021 #41

Malaise, we might note the public sector's key part of our supply chain is relatively healthy. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2021 #43

Oh yes -the government's role is related to infrastructure and malaise Oct 2021 #45

MSM in conjunction with the conservatronic PTB are Carterizing their own creation. jaxexpat Oct 2021 #44

Great post malaise Oct 2021 #46