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She is getting ready for her 101st birthday. (actually it will be 73 next month I think) .
Sequestration Is the Worst Option Except for All the Other Options
Both Democrats and Republicans have been roundly criticizing the security and economic effects of sequestration and, at the same time, taking very little action. The only logical conclusion is that both parties agree that sequestration is an awful, terrible, harmful set of policies - except the other proposed replacements are worse.
President Obama said "these cuts are not smart. They are not fair. They will hurt our economy." Speaker Boehner, writing in the Wall Street Journal, said "there's nothing wrong with cutting spending that much......
"rode hard and put up wet" just doesn't quite cover it