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To: mcg404 who wrote (20061)	1/9/2004 10:44:17 PM
From: philv	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81996

Paul O'Neill speaks out. I must confess that when I first saw this man on the tube, I thought he was in over his head, and seemed out of place. The news coverage was less than kind, and portrayed him as incompetent to the extreme. However, I have had a change of mind subsequently. As a politician and a yes man, he left much to be desired. He clearly had a lot of problems with the borrow and spend policy of the administration, so he had to go. news.ft.com The guy they have now, his replacement has no problem re-iterating the party line. He has stated numerous times that he believes the market should determine the value of the dollar, and in the same breath he said the administration is still committed to a strong dollar policy. Here up north in Canada, we call this kind of B.S. a snow job. If the US was committed to a strong dollar, would they not defend it? Or are they rather committed to other goals, and the strength of the US dollar is not so important after all?

To: mcg404 who wrote (20061)	1/9/2004 10:48:17 PM
From: IngotWeTrust	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81996

mcg, i tried my dead level best to stick to the facts, no emotion, be logical, all that stuff you manly types value in human dialog. I didn't sever your head from your neck, I simply and directly disagreed with you, stated why and moved on. If you want to dialog, you'll have to take me as I am, and not expect a portable guillotine. And I'm not a "hostile"..., I don't have a problem with hostility, I don't hate men, I don't beat up my spouse and I don't miss a chance to spoil the 3 grandkids I love my sweet daughter-in-law. I don't kick the cat. I attend church regularly. I donate to charities. I answer questions all day long every day from assholes and sweethearts...sometimes it's hard to tell the difference. It's part of the authoring biz. What's with some of you guys in particular, the SI guys? Can't take direct speech from the g_t? Is it written somewhere I'm supposed to be demure, say yessuh and nosuh, look away at every 3.2 nano seconds to keep from infuriating the sociological animal within the other speaker? You want to dialog, then dialog. When I can contribute something you don't know, I will, When I have something to rebut, I rebut. If I can saw my source, I quote it. When I can't, I don't. If my "style" makes you uncomfortable, then leave me alone. Your other choice is to take my responses at face value and don't try to psycho analyze them from your side of the screen. Just what segment of 8 part segmented chocolate orange specific response offended your sociological sensitivites? The truth as I know it? Obviously I was articulate enough and gave a shit and answered your salient points, and pointed out the bs when it was so deep I was having a hard time walking on the bottom of the b/s pool. GEEZE!