Okay...can someone explain something to me. Isn't the concern on the fiscal cliff a little silly? I mean, when the items were put in place several years ago, people had to either no it was a bad decision (and thus they lied to the American people) or believeed it and are now trying to wimp out. Or...? Maybe I'm missing something here. I'm not a big fan of tax increases so I hope a deal can be worked out but I'm just not seeing the long term vision here. Thoughts?

It's my understanding that when the ramifications of not having come to a deal by now were decided upon, they were so dastardly significant that our leaders couldn't help but take this seriously and come to some kind of resolution long before the deadline would be reached. Oddly enough, the sense of urgency just wasn't there.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.

Except for campaign, you can NOT use those words in conjunction with ANY politician, particularly in Washington.

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Oh PF, they all have long term views. They view it as their right to have long terms. This is not to be confused with the unliklihood of anything meaningful happening in those long terms.

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