A couple of undeniable sidebars involving 9/11 are:

1. The Bush administration did an about face in the Middle East in not continuing the tireless efforts to remain in the mediation position that the Clinton administration had taken between the Isrealis and the Palestinians. This opened the door for more conflict rather than less.

2. The Bush name, after the "Highway of Death", in the Persian Gulf War, is not one that creates warm amnd fuzzy feelings in most folks in the Middle East, with perhaps Isreal being the lone exception.

As fir the economy improving? Growing jobs and growing *real* jobs are two different animals. By in large, labor is continuing to loose purchasing power from either not having jobs or, just as importantly, *under*employemnt. Most folks who are loosing their jobs are not finding jobs that pay as well as the old ones.

Just another 2 cents worth of thoughts...

Bobert