From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 September 2008 23:55 To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout
> If you want to hear what iron-clad determination in the face of disaster sounds like, listen to FDR on audio here: > http://www.hpol.org/fdr/inaug/ It's all in the first part, the oath and the constitution. What follows is technically un-American. Fascinating bit of history; then as now. > I know the score too, in my personal quest. I know better than anyone how little likelihood there is that cold fusion will overcome the political opposition and succeed. That does not stop me. This is hardly a profile in courage; I have nothing to lose personally if cold fusion is forgotten, except 20 or 30 years of my life wasted in a hopeless task. Many people waste their lives for less, in unfulfilling jobs or loveless marriages. At least I will have had a good time, and met interesting people. Good luck. > Like him or hate him, no one can deny that FDR had an elemental force of personality. Before the inauguration some people thought he was a wimp! Some people say that about Obama today, but I have read his books and I can judge people's personalities and I am confident it is not so. He may be a disaster in the making, but he has guts. Bit young for memoirs?
