joe, is growing. there s tremendous skepticism. this is reflected in congress, partly due to what you said. the economy is tanking. that is real, that is now, that hurts. i m worried about the sea rising 20 feet, you know congressmen were using the blizzards of this winter that climate change wasn t existing but it was the absolute opposite. it was proof. it was proof. then the hurricanes are going to continue and then we have the lightest hurricane year of 2009. you can comment better on this. yeah, what does any tax adviser tell you, you know? don t try don t overreact to quick changes in the market. play it out over time. well, that very same steadily ascending curve of your roi in your tax portfolio is exactly what s happening to the climate. we re all familiar with that principle, that you don t overreact in the immediate sense. you look at the long curves. and i think and pat, you were right about 2005. there was overreaction there. sam, you re right, there wa
going to react, and he s going to react strongly. the fact is, on a day-to-day basis, speaking from our perspective, he has a very effective working relationship with general mcchrystal. he has cooperated with general mcchrystal in going down to kandahar to begin to set the stage as the kandahar campaign gets under way and talking to the local tribal leaders and so on. i think we have to understand the pressures he s under, but at the same time understand their sensitivity this is a country that has been at war for almost two generations. they have had armies come in and leave and who paid no attention to afghan sovereignty. we are working very hard at that. we have to work as hard in our rhetoric as we are in our actions. is the message here, don t overreact to some of this? absolutely. did you not overreact when you spoke to him on the phone? i certainly didn t overreact.
sovereignty of afghanistan, he s going to react, and he s going to react strongly. the fact is, on a day-to-day basis, speaking from our perspective, he has a very effective working relationship with general mcchrystal. he has cooperated with general mcchrystal in going down to kandahar to begin to set the stage as the kandahar campaign gets under way and talking to the local tribal leaders and so on. i think we have to understand the pressures he s under, but at the same time understand their sensitivity this is a country that has been at war for almost two generations. they have had armies come in and leave and who paid no attention to afghan sovereignty. we are working very hard at that. we have to work as hard in our rhetoric as we are in our actions. is the message here, don t overreact to some of this? absolutely. did you not overreact when you spoke to him on the phone?
the pressures he s under, but at the same time understand their sensitivity this is a country that has been at war for almost two generations. they have had armies come in and leave and who paid no attention to afghan sovereignty. we are working very hard at that. we have to work as hard in our rhetoric as we are in our actions. is the message here, don t overreact to some of this? absolutely. did you not overreact when you spoke to him on the phone? i certainly didn t overreact. i think, david, some of what is said is not true. and a lot of others who make claims are short on evidence and very long on rhetoric. this is a very difficult situation, and we are working very closely with not only the president, but there s a whole
big help, don t you think? he took on barack obama and help scott brown. i think mccain will be fine. look at this ad that j.d. hayworth is running. where is it? there it is. right behind you. nominee for best conservative actor, and he s got john mccain up there, suggesting he s not really a conservative. and making fun of the fact that avatar has received so many nominations. i think he will do very well, because he has a of. there is they accused him of being an avatar. if it had been hot tub time machine or something his spokesman said it was insulting to the senator. and i think that s what folks would advise a political campaign not to do, don t overreact to it.