ajtj99's Market Pulse

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Disallusion with current Iraq policy is not a partisan sport anymore. For example, I took the tour of of the Capital building and even the tour guide was dissing the Prez.

She was explaining the acustoics in the Old Senate Chambers and old John Quincy Adams. She commented that Adams was first president who had a hard time finding a job after being President and so he returned back to the Senate for several terms and was the primary reason that Congress approved pensions for ex Presidents. She commented "no matter how good a President they were or no matter how bad they where they still got a pension".

My only fear is economy's outlook is becoming almost as pessimistic as the timeframe when Nixon, who still could have better approval numbers then Bush, skidaddled out of town. The stock market was basket case for several years under Ford and Carter.