On Nov 23, 5:26*am, wrote:
On Nov 23, 3:12*am, "Chris.B" wrote:

On Nov 23, 6:58*am, wrote:

I don't a have a "personal distortion filter" (whatever that is) but I
do have a good BS detector.

But ain't it hard to shovel when you are blinkered?

I avoid the stuff. You are the one doing the shoveling. And you are
responsible for much of the production.

(This was a rhetorical question)

No, it wasn't.

Define successful when tens of millions have no medical care and soup
kitchens are the last growth industry...

While the other half "medicate themselves" to suppress the gnawing
emptiness of living the dream.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Planet_Index

Garbage in, garbage out. *Although it is amusing that Denmark is
declining, while US improves. *Even more amusing is that Saudi Arabia
ranks higher than either. * Hmmm.

The US is improving??? Every economic indicator points to a continued
decline due to the irresponsible actions of the Bush and the
republican led congress. Things will only get worse now that the
"There won't be any earmarks, except those for my district" tebaggers
got elected. The "death panel", "if I don't like a law, I will ignore
it", "I'm a sovereign citizen", libertarian morons actually think that
the Koch brothers, Insurance industry and Exxon/Mobil actually gave
them tens of millions of dollars to BUY their seat in Congress just
gave them the money just because they're nice guys and won't demand
something back. Kinda like when ATK gave Orin Hatch all that money,
they would never ask him to influence NASA decisions about SRB's