Nyah, nyah, nyah. Told you so, told you so:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans' concerns about the threat of big government continue to dwarf those about big business and big labor, and by an even larger margin now than in March 2009. The 64% of Americans who say big government will be the biggest threat to the country is just one percentage point shy of the record high, while the 26% who say big business is down from the 32% recorded during the recession. Relatively few name big labor as the greatest threat.
I feel like the hero in one of those schlocky 1950s horror movies who keeps telling people about the monster he saw, even though they keep telling him he's crazy, until it finally eats a few of them and he is vindicated. "The blob is coming, the blob is coming, and it's getting bigger and bigger!"
I caught that movie on cable recently, by the way (the brilliant 1958 version, not the crappy remake), and realized that the woman who played Steve McQueen's teenage girlfriend was the same actress who later played Andy's girlfriend Helen Crump on the Andy Griffith show. Goooollllllleee.
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Americans are also afraid of ghosts, UFOs and yetis. Fear is a very irrational thing.
From the link "Democrats Lead Increase in Concern About Big Government".
"Almost half of Democrats now say big government is the biggest threat to the nation, more than say so about big business, and far more than were concerned about big government in March 2009."
Wow, maybe there ARE some sane Democrats left.
"In your opinion, which of the following will be the biggest threat to the country in the future -- big business, big labor, or big government?"
Was there a followup asking what the respondent thought the second biggest was, or even if the respondent thought either of the two remaining choices actually were threats in their opinion?
Aneta Corsaut, who played Helen Crump on Andy Griffith between 1963 and 1968, and Helen Crump Taylor on two episodes of Mayberry RFD in 1968 and 1969, later had a recurring role on Andy Griffith's "Matlock" series as judge Cynthia Justin from 1987 to 1992.
He and Barbara Edwards Griffith (who played Sharon in one episode of Andy Griffith, in 1964) divorced in 1972, but apparently wife #3, Cindi Knight (who played the secretary on Matt Houston) wasn't jealous of Aneta, because she's been Andy's 3rd wife since 1983.