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To: Dan3 who wrote (106008)	4/15/2000 8:33:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579708

RE:"But I came of age at a time when Nixon extended the war (killing hundreds of thousands and destroying the economy) so he would be re-elected. I just don't see Clinton's foibles as being so terrible, and think that the impeachment was a waste of time (I know that many disagree)." Excellent revisionist history there. <G> Humm, seems I remember Nixon ending the war and the draft. The real escalation of the VIET NAM war took place in the Johnson's 6 years. Nixon took too long to end it of course but finally did. Usually wars stimulate an economy. Surely this contributed to the inflationary cycle Ford and Carter had to deal with. Not to mention Oil... RE:"A lot of it may have been chance, luck, and the work of others (like Bush initiating the recovery and Greenspan keeping it going). But Clinton seems to have been the right man for the times these past few years. Right or wrong, he's gone in a few" I still think you have to attribute most of this decade long boom cycle in the stock market to sex. Namely, the creation of the baby boom generation. 1945-1964. Of course, there are other things. Sorry, I had to reply. Jim

To: Dan3 who wrote (106008)	4/16/2000 12:42:00 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579708

Hi Dan3; Actually, among my Republican friends, I have achieved a certain amount of notoriety by defending Carter and his policies &c. But I think mostly we've done well economically for the past 14 years due to a little bit of luck, and a lot of the long cycles of the loose money supply and investment &c. The cool thing about Clinton is that he cares so much about his nether regions that he doesn't feel do much defending of US interests with US teenagers in distant lands. On the other hand, both him and the republicans before him have been kind of free with the letting of other country's blood. I would prefer to see a smaller military during his term, and less use of the one that we have. Sorry, all, for the off topic. But really, this thread isn't actually an AMD thread. The fact is that it is a glorified, slow-motion chat line. And that Athlon is quite the chip. What's this I hear about AMD building a chipset to support RDRAM? -- Carl