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To: bentway who wrote (355)	1/9/2004 7:03:41 PM
From: AurumRabosa	Respond to of 1347

Former Treasury Secretary Paints Bush as 'Blind Man' Fri January 09, 2004 10:41 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill likened President Bush at Cabinet meetings to "a blind man in a room full of deaf people," according to excerpts on Friday from a CBS interview. O'Neill, who was fired by Bush in December 2002, also said the president did not ask him a single question during their first one-on-one meeting, which lasted an hour. "As I recall it was just a monologue," he told CBS' "60 Minutes," which will broadcast the entire interview on Sunday. In making the blind man analogy, O'Neill told CBS his ex-boss did not encourage a free flow of ideas or open debate. "There is no discernible connection," CBS quoted O'Neill as saying. The president's lack of engagement left his advisers with "little more than hunches about what the president might think," O'Neill said, according to the program. CBS said much of O'Neill's criticisms of Bush are included in "The Price of Loyalty," an upcoming book by former Wall Street Journal reporter Ron Suskind. reuters.com

To: bentway who wrote (355)	1/9/2004 7:05:50 PM
From: AurumRabosa	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1347

How about the exploring the empty expanse in President Bush's head? Sounds like an idea for a new video game :-) "I like the idea of the US getting more active in exploring space."

To: bentway who wrote (355)	1/9/2004 7:55:45 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1347

Right now I don't think it makes sense. And I'm not too sure of the value of manned flights and colonies. We can do so much today with unmanned flights, so much cheaper. Technology has advanced to the point that we can do good science with no one there...witness the mars landers. When you put a man on the moon you need a lot of logistics; air, water, food, and you have to blast it off with the crew, or send stuff via supply ships. I say we super concentrate on a new orbiter system like the shuttle and do a lot of unmanned exploration. As always priorities are worth checking in on. Orca