In a nutshell, Obama said that America is days away from reaching into its pockets and only coming up with lint. He said it slightly better than that, but not quite as eloquently as Eric B. & Rakim did in 1987’s brilliant “Paid in Full.”
Oh, and it’s all the Republicans’ fault for playing politics.
And then Speaker of the House John Boehner said that he used to own a small business in Ohio and tried to hypnotize American citizens with his blue eyes.
Then Master Chef came on and I worried that suddenly the eggs benedict crisis might take precedence.
margauxville 
entertaining commentary, as ever! I love it. (but when do we get a new post on “Birds and Plants and Rocks and Things” ?)
I know, I know! THAT means I have to think about things and that’s something I’ve been trying to avoid as late. Soon. I hope.