Baby Steps Back from the Edge

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Kick the can a few months down the road; declare a win...

Knowing that the patience of the country had worn thin,

Congress put a bandage on an open, angry wound.

Can they stitch the nation back together now? Stay tuned.

I don't think Republicans are ever gonna heal.

Party's split and voters who've told pollsters how they feel

Say they blame the GOP for causing such a mess.

Will some pay the price in their elections' next year? Yes.

Ted Cruz isn't worried though; he raised a lot of cash.

Donors who preferred to see financial markets crash;

Voters who agree with him - less government, not more.

Cruz can't run for President, so what's the money for?

Maybe he could use some to defray the nation's cost...

Make up for the more than $20 billion that we lost.

Maybe pay for therapy and medication, 'cause

No one's proven more delusional than Ted Cruz was.

Unsolicited Advice for the 113th Congress

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Here it is; the day this lunacy has got to end.

Last chance for the Congress to agree that they'll extend

Full faith and the credit to the debts our country owes.

All the world is watching us to see which way it goes.

Europeans can't believe it's ever come to this.

Such a stupid spectacle is one they'd rather miss.

Congress on the precipice and fighting at the edge.

(I would bet, in future, our investors choose to hedge.)

Credit rating's teetering and will be going down,

Causing repercussions that you'll feel in your hometown.

All of this uncertainty already took a toll.

Speaker Boehner needs to prove he hasn't sold his soul

Does he want his job so badly that he will allow

Damage even worse than what the country's feeling now?

Will he let our Treasuries become a worthless note?

Find a Senate compromise and let the Congress vote!

The 113th Congress - Saner Heads?

Rumor has it Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell are

Very close to compromise, although they won't get far...

Just across the hall, perhaps, unless John Boehner will

Bring it to a vote.  I wouldn't hold my breath until.

Markets must believe it 'cause they didn't take a dive,

'though the recent shutdown means that business didn't thrive.
 CFOs are slugging down their keg-aged, single malt.
They don't like a shutdown but they really hate default.

Hope the markets have it right or we're all gonna lose.

Hope the GOP will put a muzzle on Ted Cruz.

Judging by the recent polling, he makes people mad,

As we ponder how this situation got so bad.

Wondering why we're ignored in favor of extremes;

Why we're always victims in some politician's schemes.

Hope that saner heads prevail and they can make a deal.

Call or write your Congressperson. Tell them how you feel.