XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: bks@panix.com   
      
   >> One year ago:   
   >> |   
   >> | "In the near future, I want to do what has not been done in   
   >> | 24 years: balance the federal budget. We are going to   
   >> | balance it," the president said midway through his 90-plus   
   >> | minute speech. The line got some of the loudest applause of   
   >> | the night from Republican lawmakers--which might be a small   
   >> | silver lining, as it indicates at least a rhetorical   
   >> | interest in fiscal responsibility.   
      
   Today:   
    |   
    | $56 trillion national debt leading to a spiraling crisis:   
    | Budget watchdog warns the U.S. is walking a crumbling path   
    | ...   
      
      
       --bks   
      
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