... [snip] ...   
   -> ->>  Of course, John Boehner may not be able to call himself "speaker   
   -> ->>  of the house" afte that. Like Gingrich lost his job that way.   
   ->    
   ->  FS> Newt was a loud-mouthed jerk.  All he had going for him was   
   ->  FS> the fact that he was NOT a lawyer ... [sigh] ... he wanted   
   ->  FS> Medicare to "wither and die on the vine" ... [sigh #2] ...   
   ->    
   ->  That, Frank, if the mantra of the Grove Norquist army. I believe   
   ->  every republican in the house signed that pledge, if not all   
   ->  then most, and Norquist's plan is for social security, medicare,   
   ->  and medicaid and every other program that helps the elderly and   
   ->  the poor go be abolished.   
   ->    
   ->  Since I officially joined the elderly last month, I want   
   ->  Norquist drowned in the bathtub he prescribed for the federal   
   ->  government.   
      
   You old people have my sympathy ...   
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