I have a suggestion for the super committee:

[DFW]

You people are going to be making some difficult decisions--for us. You, yourselves are not affected.

Therefore, I propose the following, in order to connect you directly with the decisions you are about to make.
What you do affects tens of millions of us that do not have a big salary or pension to fall back on. So......

Anything you cut for the country, you cut for members of Congress tenfold.

Cut Social Security or Medicare 1%, cut it for members of Congress 10%. Cut either for the public
10%, cut Medical Insurance and pension plans for members of Congress 100%. Then, when you say you
feel our pain, we'll be able to believe you.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Couldn't agree more, my dear DFW...

It's such a good piece of advice that you know they won't take it.

Hope you're feeling well!

:hi:

[DFW]

2. I'm recovering nicely, thanks!

Of course, you never really know, and my follow-up gave me plenty of warnings, but if
I sit around trembling that I might croak from one moment to the next (which I well could),
I'd miss out on whatever time I have left. I've got better things to do. Let's just say that
I do not expect to have my obituary appearing on DU (or anywhere else) in the near future,
and if it does, I won't be around to whine about it anyway, will I?

I fear you are right--my advice to the super committee will garner about as much attention
as a drop of water at noon on one of our 106° Dallas sidewalks, and for about as long. But
I'm used to that! LOL!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I'm glad to hear you're doing well!

I hope you will still make it out here in Sept...

[DFW]

4. That part got nixed, unfortunately. My sister-in-law is going for me.

We needed someone with good Japanese, and mine sucks anyway.

She IS Japanese, and so speaks it rather better than I anyway.

Next year, I hope. Or else, stop by our place in Germany next time you're in Europe.
(How was Iceland, by the way?)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Sorry you won't be here! Of course I understand...

Iceland was great!

I'll email you the links to the pics...

There's (hopefully) always next year!

[MilesColtrane]

5. My sense is that they will never agree on a deal.

The automatic cuts will kick in, causing many at the Pentagon to soil themselves. (even though the Defense budget is so large, it won't be that big of a hit)

[DFW]

6. I dunno. They just might

And if they do, you just KNOW it'll be some wishy-washy deal that we hate and Bonehead does, too, but
will still crow that he got "98% of what he wanted," because next year there's an election coming up.