dan, do you read the articles you post? can you imagine if any poster on this board would have presented (under the poster's name) the same rantings as gross. there would have been screams and howls about politics. to blame all of the current economic problems which have been building for years on the "hegemonic policies of recent months" is partisan BS. apparently you missed gross' strong anti-bush statements on cnbs recently. why don't you email gross and ask him how we got the peace dividend. defending the lives of americans is not "military expansion" or the evil cause of some downfall. all americans are not over consuming, high debt, SUV driving idiots. (last time i saw gross he was driving a black 600 CL) gee, ya think you would got a clue when you got a high five from george cole. you accomplished what he has been scolded for on previous occasions.