Comments on: Professionals and amateurs? http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2007/11/17/professionals-and-amateurs/ Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:03:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: gs http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2007/11/17/professionals-and-amateurs/#comment-302131 gs Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:39:43 +0000 http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2007/11/17/professionals-and-amateurs/#comment-302131 The damage to the USA's standing in the world economy <i>might</i> ultimately outweigh Bush's fecklessness as a war leader. During the Clinton-era Internet bubble, America was leading the world into the future; when the bubble burst, much of enduring value survived and continued to grow. During the Bush-era real estate bubble, America fabricated funny money out of mortgaged futures; the aftermath is repossessed overpriced houses. Help might be on the way. Giuliani, Romney, Clinton, McCain and Thompson all seem like more promising Presidential material than, in hindsight, were the Three Stooges of Bush, Gore and Kerry. The damage to the USA’s standing in the world economy might ultimately outweigh Bush’s fecklessness as a war leader.

During the Clinton-era Internet bubble, America was leading the world into the future; when the bubble burst, much of enduring value survived and continued to grow. During the Bush-era real estate bubble, America fabricated funny money out of mortgaged futures; the aftermath is repossessed overpriced houses.

Help might be on the way. Giuliani, Romney, Clinton, McCain and Thompson all seem like more promising Presidential material than, in hindsight, were the Three Stooges of Bush, Gore and Kerry.

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