The talk echoes a Clinton-era initiative directed at Israel and the Palestinians that never had much effect on the peace efforts.
Mr. Bernanke, in his talk, echoed his previous calls for Congress to grant the Fed greater oversight powers over the financial system, like the ability to help monitor and regulate against "systemic risk".
One filter is responsible for the single-talk echo cancelation and the second for the double-talk and echo path change detection.
Wilders begins by saying he regrets the collapse of the budget talks (echoing Rutte's comments at the start of the debate), but insists that he has no alternative.
In Britain, Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman said Mr. Blair was furious that BMW had not consulted his government in the talks, echoing similar displeasure in Germany when Vodafone AirTouch of Britain began a hostile bid for Germany's Mannesmann late last year.
Israel's defence minister, Ehud Barak, has attacked the timing of plans to raze Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem as prejudicial to hopes for continuing peace talks, echoing a row over housing that caused an unprecedented crisis between Israel and the US earlier this year.
Senate Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY), who is not party to the talks, echoed the arguments of other negotiators that any eventual compromise must satisfy not only the Republican and Democratic Caucuses, but also the American people, foreign investors and credit rating agencies.
But can we talk about echo and spectrality and creepiness?
As former Virginia Gov. George Allen formally began his Republican challenge for the Senate this week, his news releases have prominently invoked a promise of "straight talk," an echo of the signature McCain phrase in the primary battles -- "straight talk express".
Talk to Echo the Alchemist.
Her support consists largely of thuggish pseudo-populists ensconced in talk-radio echo chambers, along with apocalyptic fundamentalists who see the anti-Christ in president-elect Barack Obama.
