The Deal is Done

... and it doesn't look too bad considering the fact that the Republicans' fanaticism for deregulation and the Democrats' childish notions of social equality have screwed us all and are now leading to those two groups "solving" the problem.

The WSJ has the details, the DC Examiner has the scoreboard. Thank God for the Republicans in the House of Representatives. They can't hold a candle to Newt Gingrich's congress, but at least they're fighting the good fight.

In a comment over at our Monastery of Miscellaneous Musings, I vented a bit. Here's a little taste.

Wouldn't it have been nice to have been in the fourth or fifth year of a balanced budget right now? Wouldn't it have been nice to be paying down the debt? I think the Iraq War was the right decision, but that may have been the only decision they got right.

The monks have had enough of the Country Club Republicans, too. Read their post - it's quite good.