> And whatever deceptive advantages might possibly come from the *public > perception* of rampant incompetence and donutchompery, the drawbacks are
Optimism may somatize one against dread of reality, but it will surely impair accuracy of predictions. Unless you have some historical examples of well-concealed government competence ? ===== end (of original message) Y-a*h*o-o (yes, they scan for this) spam follows: Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards. http://movies.yahoo.com/
