[glorgau]

3) the GOP Congress will pass a sizable tax- and budget-cutting fiscal plan;

Fat chance on that.

[expat_panama]

pass a sizable tax- and budget-cutting fiscal plan...  ....Fat chance on that.

Hey, lighten up it's Friday.   That, and --

House seen likely to cut back budget Amy Fagan The House late last night moved toward passing a Republican-backed bill to trim about $50 billion from government entitlement programs...

Sooner or later we all simply have to accept good news when it happens, deal with it, and then summon up the will to live our lives in spite of it.