Time to live like we're already dead...

[RagAss]

Because we are.

[valerief]

1. Heroin anyone? Might as well enjoy what our soldiers fought for. nt

[seabeyond]

15. lol. nt

[peace frog]

2. I'm in mourning

It was a good run and our forbears did a fine job providing a safety net for the neediest of us, but it's all over now, baby blue.

Edit to add: I feel guilty right now, like we weren't good enough to keep what was so hard-fought and won for us. We aren't worthy of what we inherited so now it's lost. Or something along those lines. I'm ashamed for letting this happen because my children, and everyone's children, will surely suffer for it.

To the generations coming up: I'm sorry.

[Dappleganger]

5. And I'm in tequila.

[peace frog]

14. Have one for me (for when I used to imbibe)

If I tried to drink now I'd cry. Not going there. Turn it into something else.

[ixion]

3. I believe the phrase is "Dead Man Walking"

which would describe the US economy to a-tee.

[mmonk]

4. Sorry but I intend to go out swinging.

[Raine]

6. Yeah we are really FUCKED. nt

[Fire1]

7. As another member said and I paraphrase. We're only

dead if we stop fighting and that's what they want. NEVER GIVE UP!!!

[sad sally]

8. if i say fuck one more time, my husband of 47 years sez' he's going to tape my mouth shut.

sez' when will i finally learn that little people like us have no more meaning then a blade of grass about to be cut down, that our country only cares about the rich, powerful, movie stars, football-baseball-basketball players, ceo's, bankers, pop singers, rich politicians. the rest of us are meaningless - get over it, move along...

[RagAss]

9. You married a wise man.

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. You go ahead...I'll be behind you

Way back.

:rofl:

[RagAss]

11. I assume you're wealthy.

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. Oh, yeah, I'm loaded

Let me get my butler Smedley to come type this out for me; I'll dictate while I light a cigar with a hundred dollar bill and examine my rack of top hats.

:rofl:

[DCBob]

12. FYI: Deal would have little impact on economy till '14

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The deal reached by Congress to raise the debt ceiling and cut more than $2 trillion in public spending should have only a minor impact on the economy for the next two years. Almost all the cuts would be made in 2014 or beyond. The approach heeds a warning by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and many private economists: Cutting too much too soon could harm the weak economic recovery.

more: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Deal-would-have-little-impact-apf-1617142277.html