[MadIvan]

I think we should give the academics who discussed this idea back in 1999 and 2000 a call; we should tell them that apparently some people consider them all powerful and are indeed going to determine monetary policy in the future.

Regards, Ivan

[woodbutcher]

Ivan:

You are probably right that it will never happen, but I think the larger question is how this topic ever got to the point that Bush wasted time attending a discussion on the subject.

His advisors should have shut the door on the idea long before it got to a meeting with Mexico and Canada.

A war in Iraq, crazies all over the world that want to kill us, borders that anyone can cross and bring whatever he wants into the country and this is the topic of conversation?

Come to think of it, what are we doing talking about it.

Except that we should find out who in our government let it get to Bush's desk and kick his butt.