Government Shut Down

[henry quirk]

"...others who think a default would have no effect..."

Assuming it gets that far: of course it'll have an effect.

That's what I'm countin' on.

[tw]

Originally Posted by henry quirk

Assuming it gets that far: of course it'll have an effect.

That's what I'm countin' on.

So you love it that extremists are playing right into China's hand. China has long wanted the US dollar removed as a world standard. They make a compelling argument to the world. The US is so full of extremists that cannot see beyond their nose, then that dollar should be replaced by a basket of currencies.

Of course extremist will say that is not a problem. These are the same people who created that massive recession in 2007 - almost created another 1929 and 40% unemployment. People forget how close we came to falling off the cliff because wackos said, "Reagan proved that deficits don't matter" and even tried to put Social Security into the stock market.

Apparently extremist routinely forget the lesson of history – especially their own mistakes.

Ironically, I make money if the wacko extremists do make America fail. Says how much faith I have in Cantor and the boys.

[Lamplighter]

I guess my sense of humor towards the GOP is returning... slowly.
How about this headline...

Forbes
Rick Ungar
10/16/2013
The Houston Chronicle Un-Endorses Ted Cruz

<snip>
Who would have guessed that, just one week later, the conservative Houston Chronicle
—the newspaper that handed Cruz a critical and key endorsement in his campaign
to become the next senator from the Lone Star State—would agree with me by way
of publishing something you just don’t see every day—an un-endorsement of Senator Cruz?

Under the title, “Why we miss Kay Bailey Hutchison”, the editorial board
of the newspaper published on op-ed Tuesday evening wherein they write*—

UPDATE: October 16, 2013 4:48pm:

I’ve just had a phone conversation with Veronica Flores-Paniagua,
the Outlook Editor for The Houston Chronicle, who states that the paper
did not un-endorse Senator Cruz but were merely being critical of him.

It should be noted that when I asked Ms. Flores-Paniagua if the paper
would endorse Senator Cruz if the election were being held today,
she chose not to respond to the question.