Joe, While politics does influence the markets, I found this line to be a bit much: Maybe the Dems (smart Dems, is that not an "Oxymoron?") see that and maybe, that is why so many of them are eager to fight Bush in 2004. Especially since there was no <g> associated with it. So it is OK for Zeev to slam 50% of the population? He could have made his point without doing that, imo. oeo2oo