You're right, Bucco. The other thread I began a few days ago was intended to completely disregard the personalities, history and expectations regarding the old and new political administrations. It was intended to begin a dialog on what solutions seem to exist to resolve the financial crisis, which should be adopted, and why.

My intent was to leave behind any dialog regarding the personalities of our political leaders and focus on a new and totally impersonal question of what should be done to reverse our economic decline and begin to rebuild the U.S. economy. If that interests you, I'd enjoy your reply in the other thread. If discussion of the personalities in our political leadership is of greater interest, threads like this one might be more to people's liking.