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>> I should probably state that I'm opposed to the BBA. >> I think its a disasterous concept in pratice. >> Not in principle. Ok, you agree with our Senator Hatfield. But then the question is: How to stop those jerks from spending IOUs? >> But they totally forgot about the second part, which is >> that in times of prosperity a nation needs to preserve >> its capital for times of hardship, which can then be used >> to expand the economy. That's my frame of reference. The only hardship these guys appreciate is losing the next Congressional election. Prehistory is anything before the last. >> Like I said I rather like the normally soft spoken Phil >> Graham although even he is starting to sound rather menacing. We must each have been hearing a different Phil G. <g>. >> So the irony is, that while I'm not a big fan of D. Fienstein, >> she's the hero of the hour, albeit probably for the wrong reasons. If I understand you, Senator Byrd should be the hero. >> I don't care for the kind of politics the Newt is projecting. >> He's not going to last. He's proven he doesn't have gracious >> character, an important quality in a leader. I guess you are right, after all what more gracious leader have we had than Richard (the Dick) Mudsucker Nixon <g>. But you are wrong, Newton G. WILL be President Newton. >> What's going on in Washington these days is akin to anarchy. >> What's going to happen is anybody's guess, but somehow we always >> seem to muddle through. To be correct, we have muddled in the past but that does not assure any future muddles. The fight of the future is clear and unavoidable. The whole area of entitlements must be means tested and the fight over that will make you look back on the current level of remaining civility with nostalgia.