Irie, that was one of your funniest sarcastic remarks yet.

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I think people put a little too much stock in the speeches. That Obama is one hell of a speaker. But speeches don't do anything. They just linger in history books and determine how full of shiat or how much a man of his word he is. We'll see what happens. He does inspire a lot of hope in people and that counts for a lot with most folks.

I've read and heard some people say that the bar has been raised unreasonably high for Obama, that people may be expecting too much. Folks might expect too much, but I think the bar has never been lower than where Bush has left it - on the ground. No matter how badly Obama does, he couldn't possibly screw up our nation as badly as Bushco did over the last 8 years. If Obama tries even a little bit, I figure the US will be way ahead, and if he's really successful beyond my wildest expectations, his administration may even undo all the damage caused by Bushco.

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Easy there Salmo. I would be happy with having a steady economy. Fixing all the problems, now that is going to take a while yet. Probably a couple of administrations. Assuming that the world isn't a smoking inferno or in a nuclear winter.