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<p><em>"Perhaps, but I remember watching Reagan's speeches to the Nation in the early 80s, and they seemed to have a strong impact on the National psyche."</em></p> <p>Totally agree. Things seemed to just fall in place the right way as soon as he took office. </p> <p><em>"...I think we may...

<p>IR, we'll see.</p> <p>A difference between 2008 and FDR's 1930s Fireside chats is the availability of information. Back then word of mouth and radio were it. Today is total, instant information. People today are better informed, even if not any more intelligent. This lessens the impact...

<p>Clinton is the most polarizing of the trio. I don’t hear a message of hope here. Nothing more to say about her.</p> <p>Obama seems happy and delivers on a message of hope. I don’t know if he is an empty shell. Intelligence, experience and judgment matters, a lot. The next president’s...

<em>. . . and the headache of dealing with contractors. </em> In my experience, that point can not be stressed enough .

In our old home in Conifer, Colorado, water in an open pot boiled at 192 degrees F. The house was built at 9570 ft above sea level. Normal atmospheric pressure at that altitude is 10.2 psia instead of the 14.7 found on the beach.

<p>I have had a personal epiphany, as opposed to the less common group kind of epiphany also known as collective experience. In the past I have emphatically blamed the individual borrowers for the Great Housing Bubble (kudos IR for the name). I was wrong.</p> <p>At 42 years old, college...

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