[Jim Robinson]

No thanks on the tough love. The Democrats have supplied way more of that than I've ever wanted. I think I'll continue voting Republican and contine trying to get the most conservative people as possible elected.

By the way, Bustamante offered us tough love too. We told him to shove it.

[Romulus]

I wonder if you're familiar with the Lakota tribal wisdom that says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. You however seem to be urging the policy followed in many more progressive organisations, where more creative strategies for dead horses are used, including the following;

* Buying a stronger whip.
* Changing riders.
* Saying things like, "This is the way we always have ridden this horse."
* Appointing a committee to study the horse.
* Arranging to visit other companies to see how they ride dead horses.
* Increasing the standards to ride dead horses.
* Appointing a tiger team to revive the dead horse.
* Creating a training session to increase our riding ability.
* Issue a memo declaring that "This horse is not dead."
* Harnessing several dead horses together for increased speed.
* Change the performance requirements for horses.
* Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position.

It's dead, Jim.