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Andy I am very disappointed in you.

A few days ago I responded to another poster's statement, calling his post a striking example of how liberals don't live in reality.

You were silent, and thereby greatly disappointed me.

I had half-expected you to riposte something beginning with, "Well, this liberal......";-)

To which I would have responded: no, Andy, you don't live in reality--you live in history books.

But you blew it, Andy. Get with the program why don't you. My sense of humor has very limited opportunities.

I guess I should have figured it wasn't likely to work, because from your poker posts you don't appear to be a very auspicious candidate for a check-raise attempt.

I guess next time I'll need lead you by the nose a little more; after all, it wasn't your post to which I was responding.

Back now to the current topic: it seems to me that "liberals" and "downbeat" tend to go together a bit more than the flip side go together: would you agree? (not a trick question, and "downbeat" is here meant as a rather pessimistic outlook).