We have a quite joyous little mess over here in Europe at the moment.

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Well, Senator Edwards, let's dig a little deeper on the economic mess we're in currently.

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So even if you mess up a little bit, you can get right on track.

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So, it does seem a little ironic that this whole mess was created over their attempt to foster community.

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At the centre of both attacks will be a government that did little to create the current mess and has tried hard to find solutions to it.

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The first being that we can piece together a little tale about who is really to blame for the mess at Autonomy after the takeover.

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Virtually everyone agrees that our income tax is a mess, filled with tax breaks that often do little more than give away much needed revenue.

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Diaz, for some reason, is repeatedly drawn to self-consciously grotesque little projects that usually don't accomplish much of anything at all, but make a huge mess while not accomplishing it.

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With all the teeth-gnashing over the real estate bubble, the bust and the mortgage mess, you can be forgiven for failing to notice this little tidbit: Housing had a superb decade.

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