For starters, the recession is mostly self-inflicted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Japan As Number Two] Reference

Most of America's economic problems are self-inflicted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coming To Terms With Japan] Reference

It's true that many of Boeing's problems are self-inflicted.    From Wordnik.com.  [NO FREE LAUNCH] Reference

The woes of the domestic auto industry are largely self-inflicted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can Cerberus teach Chrysler new tricks?] Reference

Sure, we've suffered a lot of self-inflicted damage over the last eight years.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Making Of America 2.0] Reference

Tiger is battling through his self-inflicted wounds from his "transgressions.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Dexter Rogers: Tiger Woods Falters at Firestone: After All, He's Only Human] Reference

That was "a self-inflicted wound" harming "not just the Court, but the nation.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The 'Accidental President'] Reference

Deputies found Mr. Diez dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Man Kills 5, Then Self, in Arizona] Reference

The result is that what-ever damage Y2K does, the wound will be mostly self-inflicted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Self-Inflicted Cyber Wound?] Reference

If your disease is self-inflicted, the primary victim should be you, not the taxpayers.    From Wordnik.com.  [What’s New in the World of Medicine] Reference

"It's hard to think of a more serious and self-inflicted wound to our national security.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Forget War With Iran] Reference

"We're bleeding from so many self-inflicted wounds," says an American official in Baghdad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unmasking the Insurgents] Reference

But let's be clear: the wounds America has suffered in the region are chiefly self-inflicted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Middle East] Reference

Mr. MAHANTHAPPA: Well, maybe - you know, the pressure could be self-inflicted to some degree.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saxophone Stylings, With A South-Asian Flair] Reference

The Soviets 'worst problems are self-inflicted, says Jan Vanous of PlanEcon, a consulting firm.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gathering Soviet Storm] Reference

"There's tremendous negativity toward Detroit among consumers and a lot of it is self-inflicted.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Barack's Sister Souljah Moment?] Reference

Former Representative Tom Davis said Clemens 'false statements amounted to a self-inflicted wound.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roger Clemens Indicted On Perjury Charges] Reference

This time around, the recession feels like a self-inflicted wound, the result of "bubble dependency.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Death of the Dream] Reference

I think they can be recuperated, but Netanyahu's tenure has inflicted a sizable, self-inflicted damage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Politics] Reference

Wendy O. Williams, 48, punk-rock diva; of a self-inflicted gunshot wound; near her home in Storrs, Conn.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Lady Of Nashville] Reference

Usually, a self-inflicted death is the culmination of long brooding, not a sudden or impulsive decision.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Matter Of Honor] Reference

Rather than issue a flat denial, Lehane argued that most of the Dean wounds were public and self-inflicted.    From Wordnik.com.  [GRINS AND GRENADES] Reference

That is how business (certainly big business) views the family, as a worker's "choice," a self-inflicted wound.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Case for Paid Family Leave] Reference

Case and his AOL crowd hope Turner's angst is the last of the self-inflicted controversies facing AOL Time Warner.    From Wordnik.com.  [As Ted's World Turns] Reference

However, Mr. Hayward also suffered several self-inflicted wounds stemming from ill-advised statements to the media.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hayward Expresses Sadness on Exit] Reference

Thanks in large part to self-inflicted credit wounds, we need their money a lot more than they need our stocks and bonds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exec Desperately Seeks SWF] Reference

The president's spokesman, Ari Fleischer, declared that the media had "reached an absurd point of self-inflicted silliness.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Hawks, Doves And Dubya] Reference

The global recession and the intractable war in Bosnia added greatly to his burden, but much of the damage was self-inflicted.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Major's 'Last Chance'] Reference

They sue when their injuries are severe but self-inflicted, when their hurts are trivial and when they have not suffered at all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Civil Wars] Reference

A lot of his wounds are self-inflicted, the result of a deliberate strategy to get the most out of his party's political control.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capitol Letter: It's Time for a Tribute] Reference

After the three young monks administered their self-inflicted wounds, though, elders sounded shaken and worried about the future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Desperate Devotion] Reference