MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
NYT: WASHINGTON — Global leaders at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s annual meetings here on Sunday pleaded, warned and cajoled: the United States must raise its debt ceiling and reopen its government or risk “massive disruption the world over...” Speaking Republicans I say: We didn't need a permission slip to start a war in Iraq, and we sure as heck don't need one to crash the world economy. Again.