thought what i would do is i would go back to 1973, when i sat out there like you, but we were in gillman hall. this was a field, it wasn't a stadium. there weren't championship much of anything sitting up there in those days, and i thought i would relate to some things that were going on in 1973. this is a little bit of my history training. you might find, there was an unpopular war was ending. a president was re-elected for a second term but it didn't end political turmoil. in fact, it was only racheted up after his re-election. we all remembered race riots, student unrest, and some of us survived algebra because we could take everything pass/fail in 1970. the economy was tattered. let's think about the consensus today for those of you who watch the cable tv programs, thank you very much, john. what are we dealing with? unpopular wars are ending. protracted unemployment. tepid economic environment. political system paralyzed by partisanship. mounting debt and social costs. the prospect of diminished future of the united states as new nations take their place. in the global economy. it's almo