<The man lives by his word, which means something here in Missouri> While it's true that living by one's word is good, it depends somewhat on what the word is. Hitler lived by his, but it didn't make the word good.
Do you have a link to The Word somewhere please? I'm interested in John Ashcroft's free trade credentials when it comes to Missouri producers having to compete with overseas producers.
QUALCOMM is going to be dependent on a freely-trading world. A retreat into protectionism and 'self-sufficiency' is not in QUALCOMM's interests.
Bill Clinton signed up [illegally it seems] for New Zealand sheep-meat import restrictions to reduce competition faced by USA producers. The WTO was investigating. I don't know the outcome. Interesting when you think that the interests of consumers is supposed to be paramount in antitrust laws. Bill prosecuted $ill while doing worse himself, using state monopoly power.
Also, I disagree with the idea that people have to be something or be somewhere to know something. It's possible to know something about the Moon without ever having been there. It's possible to know a lot about Bill Clinton and John Ashcroft and Missouri whether one lives in the same house, a kilometre away, 1000km away or 10000km away. Often, distance lends perspective. Even the person themselves knows less about themselves in some respects than others can see about them. It's possible to know a lot about sheep, ants, Missourians, men or women without being one.
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PS: This distant emotion-counter says yours are more florid than Ibexx's. Anyway, why shouldn't people express emotions? It's like the old adage about keeping emotions out of investing. Anyone who thinks they do that is fooling themselves and that's the worst thing to do in investing. Emotions are intrinsic to humans and are something to be harnessed in service of the mind [or drive the mind, whichever way you look at it - it's a bit of a glass half full argument; either way, there is a whole glass.
<Anyway, why shouldn't people express emotions?>
The danger of expressing emotions is that the mind takes a back seat and the dinosaur takes over. Bill Clinton's strength was that he could feel and express emotions, while having his rat-cunning mind staying right there in charge of proceedings. Al Gore is all repression and stolid; his flights of passion a minimalist glimpse into a few staged 'emotions'. The 'passionate' kiss was an embarrassment and didn't look too genuine to me and certainly wasn't respectful or concerned for the recipient's attitude at the time. BWDIK.
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