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To: Road Walker who wrote (290197)6/6/2006 7:00:28 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573849
 
So does basic competency (pragmatism) trump ideology?


Competency can be applied to any ideological idea. It isn't something that directly opposes ideology. Its a separate issue. Every major ideology has or has had competent and incompetent supporters and leaders.



To: Road Walker who wrote (290197)6/7/2006 1:27:38 AM
From: Elroy  Respond to of 1573849
 
Your favorite subject....

A parable of petro-power
By Michael Meyer, Special to Gulf News

gulfnews.com

In case it isn't obvious, America is losing its clout in the world. The reason: high oil prices. You see it not just in our dependence on volatile Middle East energy, or the way Iran is thumbing its nose at us. There's a growing galaxy of places where the US used to matter but doesn't much anymore.