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Maybe It's the New Math...

I'm awake far too early on Saturday morning.  My oldest pet, Chewbacca, a typical dachshund, is in his twilight years.  I think he hurt his back again, because every once in a while he moves and lets out a yelp.  He woke me up.  So while I was sitting on the couch petting the little old man, I was thinking about Ed Schultz, President Obama, and the sky-is-falling crowd. We've heard multiple claims over the last few weeks about how bad Sequestration is going to be.  I guess the President forgot about his interview with the Des Moines Register, back in October, where he said this: So when you combine the Bush tax cuts expiring, the sequester in place ... we're going to be in a position where I believe in the first six months we are going to solve that big piece of business. It will probably be messy. It won’t be pleasant. But I am absolutely confident that we can get what is the equivalent of the grand bargain. That sounds like someone who is so very much upset with Sequ