Screw You Ancient History From Last Summer, We're Dooming Ourselves to Repeat It!!

Way back in the summer of 2011, I started up this little blog (actually my second attempt because my first was, at times, a little bizarro) and titled it Congress vs. The United States as a reaction to the debt ceiling crisis.  I got to read fun articles about how the stand-off was a game of chicken but the Tea Party didn't think a head-on collision would hurt.  I got to watch Obama and Boehner square off in prime time television and talk past each other.  Essentially We The People all got to watch our government work against our collective good.

Apparently John Boehner thought the first crisis was such a kick-ass ride that he's gearing up for the sequel... Punching Your Own Junk: The Quickening.

Boehner Draws Line In Sand On Debt-Ceiling.

Really, what else is there to say?  I'll throw in the obvious quote for good meaasure:

"When the time comes, I will again insist on my simple principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt limit increase," Boehner said...

Some Democratic response turns up in this article:

Democrats Return Fire After John Boehner's Opening Debt-Ceiling Salvo

Surprise surprise, the same stupid from the first round still exists for this upcoming potential train wreck.  Here's one quote just to get the other side started:

But Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D) of Maryland, the leading Democrat on the House Budget Committee, pointed out that the House's own Republican budget would violate Boehner's principle, as it requires $5.2 trillion in additional deficit spending. "This isn't just hypocritical," Mr. Van Hollen said in a statement, "it's dangerous."

Does Boehner have some morbid curiosity to see if it's possible to get the Congressional approval rating down to zero right before an election?  Will voters actually have the presence to vote out the worst offenders instead of just letting incumbent dogs lie?

I feel like this sequel will be more Speed 2 and less The Godfather: Part II. Here's to the United States government having the same credit score as an unemployed shop-aholic.