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To: monu who wrote (530)	12/24/2008 10:19:19 AM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 736

Have to agree with you there. Most Americans have no problems with mistakes until they are shown total incompetence. Most of us have mixed feelings about Iraq after 9/11, but what we almost all hate is the incompetence. Read about the billions lost and I mean "lost" as in they don't know where they went. Read about the plans that made no sense ab initio. Think about the phrase, "snatched defeat from the jaws of victory...." Then go to the financial mess and see that dogmatic deregulation led to huge incentives, in the form of 7-10 figure pay packages, to take risk that now require public "bailout." You mention "Katrina" and, unless resident near there, many forget the total incompetence. Nobody can blame Bush for the weather, but the readiness and follow-through were just totally inept. Whether one considers himself "liberal," "conservative," Republican, Democratic or Independent, what most have left is only "hope" that the promise of competence and inclusion and effective and fair regulation is being provided by the incoming Obama administration. Let's pray he succeeds.

To: monu who wrote (530)	12/24/2008 12:14:04 PM
From: creede	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 736

Hey Joev, really did not mean to strike up the politics in the Christmas season, but it was just so rare to see something in the press that is positive. It very much reminds me when a basher is dead set against a stock, and refuses to see any positives whatsoever - this is how I have felt for years now regarding the coverage of President Bush. Hollywood has totally hammered him to the point that the seem completely out of touch with reality. Which, of course, I know, is how I look now, since I am mostly alone in my beliefs - which in some narrow way I kinda like. Oh, and thanks for the nod towards Labwire. It was a very tough year, but I have new hope for 2009. Merry Christmas to you and your family. GB-ND creede