Two words: debt ceiling. Ken On Jan 3, 2013 1:36 AM, "Adam Buckland" <adam.buckl...@eurohill.com> wrote:
> WASHINGTON -Official Washington was in celebration mode on New Year's Day > after kind of averting a completely unnecessary crisis that was entirely of > its own creation. > "This deal proves that if we all procrastinate long and hard enough, we > can semi-solve any self-inflicted problem at the very last minute in a way > that satisfies no one," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell > (R-Kentucky). But even as Sen. McConnell basked in self-congratulation, he > warned Congress against the complacency that could come with having sort of > fixed its own completely avoidable mess. > > "This is a new year, and much work remains to be done," he said. "It's up > to us to concoct entirely new optional disasters that we will have to undo > at some later date in a more or less half-assed way." > > In a related story, an arsonist received an award for putting out his own > fire > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAFyV=lmfcz5abe4crvktfta6nfyz6l4cmx_uz3jlensruxj...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.