> Cam wrote: > If you think the president of the USA has that much control
I didn't say "control" I said accountability. Leadership means accountability for even those things you don't directly control. As a leader you need to articulate principles and then act in accordance with them via objectives. If, in the end, events out of your control prevent you from accomplishing your objectives, you can feel comfortable that you tried. You were in the military right? Remember the "I go where I'm told to go, I show up when I'm told to show up, and I do the best job I can." That goes for the President. So some of the questions are, therefore: * Did the President work to control wall street "exuberance"? No. * Did the President work to ensure banking regulation prevented a meltdown? No. In fact he and Phil Gramm did the exact opposite. * Did the President work with Greenspan to ensure that rates didn't encourage a bubble? No. * Did the President work to control the "shadow banking system"? No. One could go on and on but one doesn't need to to see that Bush did not try to control this problem despite the fact that he was warned time and again from just about every source imaginable. So he's accountable for that. Period. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264302 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
