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...This is something we’ve been building [over] the last four years,” Mazzoleni said. “This hasn’t happened overnight. If you look at the preseason polls from the last four years...they progressively moved toward this team...
Have we Americans forgotten our own history? We did not become a perfected democracy overnight. Although we declared our independence in 1776 and most think of that as the birth date of our nation, George Washington was not elected President until the U.S. Constitution went into effect in 1789. That was 13 years later. Many in our country and around the world seem unwilling to wait 13 months in Iraq's case, let alone 13 years for a constitution and a President. Let's give the process a little more time before judging the effectiveness of the Bush Administration. GREGORY...
...resentment. In the 1990s, when then bankrupt Peru opened its statist economy to foreign investment, the nation drew almost $10 billion in mining capital. That sector now accounts for half of Peru's $8 billion in exports, and Peru has become the world's seventh largest gold producer almost overnight...
...late 1990s, the manic period most people associate with IPOs, were all about founders cashing out of profitless ventures. Yes, IPO prices doubled overnight in that supercharged period. But most of the stocks ultimately crashed and burned. Today's IPOs are well grounded; most of the companies already make money, and they're raising new capital on investor-friendly terms to reinvest for growth...
...strongly considering voting with my head, not with my heart. I’m considering voting for a guy (Clark) who I distrust personally (is it just me, or does it seem a little bit strange and unrealistic for a life-long Republican to turn into a progressive overnight?), think is too weak on almost every issue, and who, at the moment, doesn’t even seem politically competent enough to carry out a campaign, let alone run a nation. I’m actually considering voting for a guy who I think could be a bad President...