On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:09:02 -0500, "Jeff Rigby" wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Jeff Rigby wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
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On 9 Mar 2005 09:13:47 -0800, wrote:


Who the heck is REGAN? :-)

pseudonym?
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John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."


I think that much of what is wrong here is the result of binary thinking.
The real world is not that simple. Many wish it so because that makes
everything easier.

Decision trees generally have values assigned to each binary choice and
ones
personal values affect the chosen path through the decision tree. That's
why I prefer a person with well thought out moral values making these
decisions, i.e.: Bush.

I've not seen the slightest evidence that anything Bush "thinks" is either
well-thought-out or moral. Bush is the ultimate expedient politician,
pandering to one group of righties after another.

Your not "Seeing" any evidence doesn't surprise me. You can't just listen
to the news, you have to read what is said by the parties involved. When
you do this you will probably say; " but that's not what he said". That
happens to me allot. Your problem is that you want to believe what you read
and you probably seek out news that supports your bias.

On foreign policy there is not enough information released about the
decision tree for us to judge. This is the result of "secrecy"
requirements. On environmental policy, education policy, SS we do have
enough information to judge him and I find his policies rational, reasonable
and good for the country in both the short term and long term.

One of the reasons our foreign policy appears to be working is the
CONSISTENT policy by BUSH and the reelection of BUSH by America. The
previous presidents including Bush SR. policies were political expediency.
In the long term that's fatal, in the short term popular.

It is costing us lives and money. Much of the cost and lives can be
attributed to educating the world to these new facts. He means what he says
and America backs him. I expect that our enemies are rethinking their
strategy in the face of this reality. Expect interesting times. I expect
that Iran does not want us out of Iraq any time soon as this frees us to
respond to them. But they don't want a Democracy in Iraq either as this
would destabilize them. I expect that they will try to start a religious
war in Iraq.


For some, the policies, actions, outcomes, whatever, have no bearing on the fact
that they wish to post nothing but anti-Bush rhetoric.

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John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."