No, Bucco, I agree that the financial crisis, the stimulus and all of the financial issues are of critical importance. I was referring more to some of the stuff discussed in this forum. While some items might be titillating, they don't rise to a level one could call "important" from a political point-of-view--in my opinion anyway.

I'll feel I'll have "done my job" here if I can get forum participants to think about issues objectively and participate in a dialog on what the issue really is, what the alternatives are for addressing the issue, and how as individuals or as a group we might encourage our elected representatives to do something--or do nothing, I suppose.