i would point out that ily angela merkle, she has en shwd in how she is handling this. the euro zone or the euro is really an invention, an exrintpuedbyth germans. they have benefited a lot from it. she is taking a lot of potil sks. i'm still counting on merkle to pull the euro -- >> you think that angela merkle is going tot money to save greece and italy? >> well, that's, in effect, what she's doing anthe german public doesn't much like bailing out of the country -- but in the end they will benefit more if they do that. they areonly going to put money in it seriously if they can control those countries. john, there is a school of thought from the beginning on the euro atenal you would have a crisis that would force a greater consolidation of europe and you would have inevitable centralization. there is a horn of a dilemma here. you can't have a -- hold on -- you can't have a single currency without a single country -- >> we are becoming bored. >> mine is about as macro as the euro zone because it's looking ahead to the next year, and that is virtual certainty there wil