>>>:o) I'm sure I get a lot wrong. :o)
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>>Nobody's perfect, but usually there is at least a POV I can resonate to or perhaps should think about.
>>I've seldom seen you try to bowl a strike by throwing a golfball backwards out of the ballpark ;-)
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>>Palin is a near nonentity here if not for some oddity value, perhaps known by more than Pelosi
>>(even I dunno about the new Speaker....), but both are about nil on the emotional scale,
>>as they do not touch our sphere of influence. And those having a little inkling on how things are
>>different on your side also know that Pelosi "moved" more.
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>>And the first reaction of guessing you had forgotten the smiley did not fit with the post, so...
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>>I'm very surprized that the Irish bail out does not raise more concerns,
>>on both sides of the pond. Jake probably went skiing...
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>>regards
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>>thomas
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>The economy that doesn't get many mentions is Italy. Where are they in the bailout timetable ?

See my reply to Tracy. Italy makes it necessary for interest to stay artifically low.
But their economy from the outside looks to be in better shape than other PIGS.