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To: Paul Smith who wrote (142587)	8/14/2010 4:49:12 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541515

Did you ever notice how Cabinet meetings have a few dozen people sitting around the table? They each run a huge government department that can take a few top priorities and put a huge amount of effort into them. Nothing on that list was unrealistic or undeserving of high level attention. Hence the administration as a whole should have a large number of top priorities, or someone isn't doing their job. And any president who focused on a few things and ignored the rest would be wasting taxpayer money to keep departments running that don't do their job. Like Bush's Department of Interior, for example.

To: Paul Smith who wrote (142587)	8/14/2010 4:54:12 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 541515

When you buy a house (in Jan, no less) which has neglected for 28 years, the "to do" list is pretty long. Patching the roof, repairing the furnace, fixing the leak in the main water pipe, replacing that sputtering fuse box, and fixing the septic tank are all top priorities. After 28 years, we have a multi-way tie for first. Maybe fix the roof so the furnace won't drown and the fuse box electrocute somebody. I dunno. I shuddaa gone with the old ER example. Lot of top priorities all at once. I've got mine, nurse has his, doc has hers. (Unless you want to consider "keep patient alive" as THE TOP. That's more semantics than anything.) Howsomever, I am tired of "a top priority" and "the smartest people" and a few other lines. The smartest people in the country, like Dr. Chu, should make it a top priority to appoint a bipartisan commission to develop some new ones. IOW, yeah, what Dale said.