`::::You're being optimistic. )  Anyway, it's not just the bailout I'm talking about, it's overall government action.  And the crap the Bushites are spewing that no one could have foreseen this mess is demonstrably false: it was predicted by a number of people, most of whom were ``amateurs`` labelled as Cassandra's, as well as by a few evil liberal economists.  The bottom line is that no one wanted to see what was happening, much like in the late 1920's.  The irrational exuberance that swept the country very much meant that a belief that the good times would never end proved to be stultifying for so many.  In some ways, this response was due to the emotional despression that gripped the US in the aftermath of 9/11, and it was, in some ways, a ``see, we're back on top`` response.     `