sounding, we re not that great. 1.8% print is not good. any way you look at it. what country looks better than us, including the stakt right now. i don t know, maybe chinese looks good right now. growing at 8%, hey, i would like the stock market tanked and huge inflation problems and some bureaucracy there. i don t think they re looking better than america right now. we re not having is right now. mike, what do you think of the growth? i can t think of any pop star lead in as compared to gary b. but, however, he s probably prepared for that for three days in advance, but listen that s true, a snapshot what happened last year and conditions leading up until now. i m not all that sanguine going into 2012. brenda, you said it s an election year and politicians are going to do everything necessary, you know, to make things good. the problem is what they think is the right prescription, you know, cut back, spending