One sad thing about all this political bickering is -as Mr Friedman correctly points out- that the end result is that the USA has fallen behind in the next major global growth industry: renewable energy and its efficient use. Which would provide thousands of new high paying jobs and billions in technology exports.

We at this forum are painfully aware of this fact.

The true smart man is the one who appears to be dumb in front of dumb man who appears to be smart.