Zeke, my friend, what gave you the notion that my last post was in response to yours? Did you not notice that it was a separate post from the response? There are other participants in this thread.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich