GfinS,

Both... Complainin' about the 12-13 year olds and braggin' how much better it was to be teaching GED in the Richmond jail... Did I meake any real money doin' either??? No, not back then... Took a paycut to work at the jail... But, hey, that was back in my save-the-world days... Took another paycut to take a similar job at Rubicon, Richmonds drug treatment half-way house... But, hey, I purdy much lived there so I didn't have to buy food... But the pay was right at subsistence level...

Amos,

Pual Krugman has hit the nail on the head... Boenher's formula for fixing the economy is about as realistic as using leeches to cure disease... It is very backward... The best part about it is that Obama can veto stupid stuff that the Repubs do to entertain their not-so-enlightened base...

Dougie,

You are right... It is going to be very interesting... But things in Germany in 1933 were, as well... It's always dengerous when super-patriotism takes over where common sense used to live...

B~