Comments on: Americans Busy as Bees, Happy as Clams http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/americans_busy_as_bees_happy_as_clams/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:07:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Alan Kellogg http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/americans_busy_as_bees_happy_as_clams/comment-page-1/#comment-134424 Alan Kellogg Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:58:36 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/06/americans_happy_to_work_long_hours/#comment-134424 It's simple, we're an intelligent animal, and the more intelligent an animal is the more it needs to have something to do. We're not occupied by something, the more unhappy we get. Want to keep your teenager out of trouble, load him down with chores. It's simple, we're an intelligent animal, and the more intelligent an animal is the more it needs to have something to do. We're not occupied by something, the more unhappy we get.

Want to keep your teenager out of trouble, load him down with chores.

]]> By: charles austin http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/americans_busy_as_bees_happy_as_clams/comment-page-1/#comment-134404 charles austin Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:54:19 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/06/americans_happy_to_work_long_hours/#comment-134404 <blockquote>Or are we simply victims of our own propaganda about this being the freest country on earth and the best of all places to live? </blockquote> Maybe that's humor, but I honestly can't tell any more.

Or are we simply victims of our own propaganda about this being the freest country on earth and the best of all places to live?

Maybe that's humor, but I honestly can't tell any more.

]]> By: soccer dad http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/americans_busy_as_bees_happy_as_clams/comment-page-1/#comment-134399 soccer dad Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:31:56 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/06/americans_happy_to_work_long_hours/#comment-134399 Maybe we're happier, but according to <a href="http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:mqP0nYvTzU8J:www.startribune.com/562/story/1249152.html+krugman+short&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us" rel="nofollow">Paul Krugman</a> all that work's making us shorter. Maybe we're happier, but according to Paul Krugman all that work's making us shorter.

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