Ceiling our fate

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GOPBoehner: CEILINGS
GOPBoehner: NOTHING MORE THAN CEILINGS
NancyknowsBo: Yes, John.

GOPBoehner: It's clever because there's a song, called "Feelings"

NancyknowsBo: Damnit John, I got it. I've got every damn song written by Morris Albert.

GOPBoehner: Who?

NancyknowsBo: Forget it. We've got work to do on job creation.

GOPBoehner: Look, Nancy

GOPBoehner: I'm the Speaker now

GOPBoehner: I get to set the agenda.

NancyknowsBo: Congrats on figuring out how to italicize things.

NancyknowsBo: Fine, oh great and powerful and wise adversary.

NancyknowsBo: Speak.

GOPBoehner: Funny - your words seem sarcastic

GOPBoehner: But Mitch told me that we use the slanty stuff for that.

GOPBoehner: Anyway, let's talk about jobs.

NancyknowsBo: sigh

NancyknowsBo: How to destroy them?

NancyknowsBo: I think that was already taken care of last vote.

GOPBoehner: ok, that was definitely sarcasm

GOPBoehner: create them, silly

NancyknowsBo: So you're NOT trying to deliberately destroy the economy in order to win in the 2012 election?

GOPBoehner: ...

GOPBoehner: Nancy

GOPBoehner: I know we've had our differences

GOPBoehner: but you're basically calling me a heartless monster

GOPBoehner: My state has a 10.6 percent unemployment rate

GOPBoehner: which doesn't even count people marginally employed or who've given up

GOPBoehner: California's not doing any better

GOPBoehner: whaddya say - let's team up on this one

GOPBoehner: ... you still there?

NancyknowsBo: John, you seem halfway decent right now. And about as sincere as I've seen you.

NancyknowsBo: But I've got to ask - how do you plan on doing that?

GOPBoehner: Well, I guess we can use the Great Depression as a guide. 

GOPBoehner: we'll keep the "D" word hidden and keep using the "R" word. 

GOPBoehner: No political pun intended, heh.

NancyknowsBo: JOHN

NancyknowsBo: You do realize that you've just presided over a massive cut of government spending.

GOPBoehner: hell yeah!

NancyknowsBo: And you do realize that, historically, government spending has been the only way of stimulating the economy and restoring business confidence following a massive recession.

GOPBoehner: now wait a minute - government spending cuts off access to borrowing for private companies

NancyknowsBo: you would have a point

NancyknowsBo: except that the banks are currently sitting on massive amounts of reserves

NancyknowsBo: continue to make record profits

NancyknowsBo: and are taking all the money they've gotten for giving us crappy assets as collateral to buy ten year bonds

NancyknowsBo: and the private companies that are doing well and have good balance sheets don't want to hire because of uncertainty about future demand

NancyknowsBo: and before you utter any garbage about government debt

NancyknowsBo: yields have fallen 

NancyknowsBo: which means the value of the debt has increased - ask Mitch if you have questions

NancyknowsBo: even as the debt has been downgraded by S&P

NancyknowsBo: and continuing Treasury sales have done well; even the recent 30-year bonds had lower yields than earlier auctions with better subscription

GOPBoehner: er... what's your point

NancyknowsBo: MY POINT

NancyknowsBo: IF I CAN BAKE IT THROUGH YOUR ORANGE, UV-ADDLED HEAD

NancyknowsBo: IS THAT BY INSISTING ON CUTS WITH NO INCREASES IN TAXES

NancyknowsBo: YOU'VE GUARANTEED A DROP IN DEMAND

NancyknowsBo: WHICH MEANS MORE PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS

NancyknowsBo: AND COMPANIES WILL BE AFRAID TO HIRE

NancyknowsBo: AND WE'RE GONNA GO BACK INTO RECESSION

NancyknowsBo: BECAUSE YOUR TURD CAUCUS WANTS TO REPEAT THE MISTAKES OF 1937

NancyknowsBo: AND CUT THE MONEY SUPPLY, CUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING

NancyknowsBo: AND CUT PROGRAMS FOR WHICH THE MULTIPLIER IS HIGHER THAN RICH ASSHOLES SITTING ON CASH

GOPBoehner: why the hell didn't we talk about this before the debt ceiling debate?

NancyknowsBo: WE DID YOU OCHRE ORANGUTAN

GOPBoehner: look Nancy

GOPBoehner: you seem pretty passionate about this

GOPBoehner: but I've got a guy who says that this is the way to go

NancyknowsBo: I don't WANT to listen to your shitty "expert"

NancyknowsBo: We'll talk when you get your head out of your ass.

NancyknowsBo has signed off.

RedGroverRedGrover has signed on.

RedGroverRedGrover: Mr. Speaker, sorry I'm late.

GOPBoehner: I'm afraid you've missed her, Mr. Norquist. 

GOPBoehner: Er, don't take this the wrong way

GOPBoehner: but what precisely are you working toward?

RedGroverRedGrover: I'd love to explain. All I need you to do is sign a little itsy-bitsy, eensey-weensy form...
GOPBoehner: didn't I already sign something for you?
RedGroverRedGrover: this just has a few more additions... don't worry about it...