Thank you for confirming what everyone with an eye can see: That there is just not enough money in the capitalist system to support its government. How can capitalism be considered a success when it cannot pay its way, and only can show a profit if it is not taxed? You can only bleed the people so dry. You can only cut their wages so much, and import slave labor from the South so much; and export their capital and their wages to foreign shores so much and then all falls down goes boom. Nobody wants to give mouth to mouth resusitation to a corpse. No one wants to give their organs so the monster can live. Put a stake in the heart of Capitalism and its best of all possible governments, and let's start from zero. There is no way, starting from scratch, that anyone would design this nightmare machine and call it good. We only call it good because it is all we know. In fact, it is eating our life, and making us enemies, and is not making anyone right or left, happy. What do you say to happiness old marm? Are you happy? Is anyone happy? Is anyone not pissed off and angry? It is not our fault the thing does not work, but if we could say we were buying world peace on credit we might be able to justify it. Do you think that is what we are buying? If it is too much to think about; as a brain teaser, consider a new constitution. I think you might have some better idea of a constitution in you. Let me know if you decide to let it out. Thanks.... Sweeney

So, dear brilliant Economist Saunders, have you considered subtracting the Iraq war bill from our current national debt? If I recall correctly, the Bush Administration, with the full support of your computer-illiterate war hero, has steadfastly refused to factor in the cost of the war every step of the way down the path of fiscal fantasy. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
It's as if there was some divine dispensation that drew a force field around our holy war and declared it immune from the mortal laws of finance. You know, the noble war that would cause God to rain down oil money to magically pay for all of the mess. Heroism is one thing, but living in utter obliviousness to what's happening that anybody should care about is entirely another. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Perfect Obama is not. But at least he has intelligence and competence the nation can be proud of, and as an added bonus, he actually knows how to "do a google." Doesn't it scare you just a little to think that a man who would be chosen over him as president is so completely out of touch? I know, I know, he DOES look like his face would go good on a nickel, and that does bring comfort. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
But comfort is the last thing this country needs now. We need a blast of ice water smack in that strung-out-on-easy-credit, hung over, puffed up face staring right back at us out of the mirror. What the hell ever happened to the conservative party? You've all turned into bet-the-farm con artists. The hour is getting awfully late.