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• The new national debt ceiling will be $1,573 billion.
  Or, put another way, $1.573 trillion. Or, another way, aaarrrggghhh!!!...
• The new national debt ceiling will get the government only through August.
  Unless, of course, Uncle Sam wins big in some state lotteries....
• Blessed are the young for they inherit the national deb
• The Vietnam Memorial has become the second most popular tourist attraction in Washington.
  Behind what? The national debt?...
• The Senate passed the debt ceiling hike with no debate.
  Just as well. It's already been talked to debt....
• Sorry Republicans, this one's no joke Dear Friends and relitives, This was sent to by the actor Peter Coyote.
  Its a letter from the film maker Michael Moore and I think it's a great effort....
• Democrats say Mr. Reagan has a secret plan to raise taxes.
  Big deal. Even if he does, our system requires him eventually to leak the news to Congress....
• Things to do When Bored -Wax the ceiling -Rearrange political campaign signs -Sharpen your teeth -Play Houdini with one of your siblings -Braid your dog's hair -Clean and polish your belly button -Water your dog.
  ..see if he grows -Wash a tree -Knight yourself -Name your child Edsel -Scare Stephen King -Give your cat a mohawk -Purr -Mow your carpet -Play Pat Boone records backwards -Vacuum your lawn -Whine -Rake your carpet -Re-elect Richard Nixon -Critique "Three's Company" -Listen to a painting -Play with matches -Buff your cat -Race ferrets -Paint your house....
• FROM NATIONAL REVIEW, February 15 1993, The Week, p.
  14 "Little noted by the press, vegetable-rights activists raided the kitchen of the Willard Hotel in Washington, D....