Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alighieri who wrote (215342)	1/18/2005 6:26:36 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1586672

BTW, Seymour Hersh is on Lou Dobbs tonite in a few minutes, if anyone wants to get more depressed about the country.

To: Alighieri who wrote (215342)	1/18/2005 7:59:19 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586672

Maybe, but after 2 years in Iraq, I think you may be giving up too soon. It's shows you how A.D.D. - prone we all have become in America. We think it's possible to change 100 years of history in 2 years. In Japan and Germany, it took a hell of a lot longer than 2 years, and those were countries who were interested in cooperating in order to get rebuilt quickly. In Iraq, the job may take many more years. It may very well take more patience than the average A.D.D.-prone American has. That's one thing Bush is good at. He has plenty of patience and perseverence. Like I said before, if we measured projects in terms of decades instead of years, then we'd be much more successful at solving problems. Social Security is another classic example. A lot of Americans don't see a problem, because 2042 or even 2018 is too far away. Long term thinkers see a problem, because they realize the problem is inevitable. So it becomes a choice of do you fix it today when the solution is relatively painless or do you wait and fix it 40 years from now when the solution will be painful as hell.