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Boehnor and Norquist don't have the balls to allow the economy to tank, not if they have any sense left. Not even they can stomach crowds running through torn apart newly built malls and smashed windows like wild baboons who've stumbled upon Lindsay Lohan's stash. Once the Chinese start using US Government backed bonds for toilet paper there will be no place for the Republican leadership to hide. They'll be rats trapped on the Titanic. And when canisters of gas start twirling over and over in the streets Boehnor and Norquist won't be able to find a hole deep enough to feel safe in. 

The smart money has New York installing jump proof windows and locking off rooftops on Wall Street skyscrapers as we speak. Suicide by roof jumping after a double dry martini will never have the chance to get off the ground. Bloomberg knows those Wall Street rats will be jumping out of buildings as sure as bird shit falls on cars in Central Park. There will be signs warning: "Watch for Falling Investment Bankers." and "Feel Free to Push if You See One Thinking About It!" Nets will be strung over high traffic areas like Christmas lights during a Macy's Parade. 

 
 
I dare you to NOT raise the debt ceiling! I double dog dare you; that amazing ensuing chaos! Do it; default on all those government bonds; let the economy tank to the bottom of the sea like the Titanic. You saw the movie right, all those panicking screaming passengers jumping into the frozen Atlantic, men shoving women out of the life boats…all that pandemonium.

Don't get me wrong; I'm on Social Security Disability. They’ll throw me overboard first, but with a great waterside view (till I get eaten by sharks, of course).But being devoured by sea creatures or flailing into an every-man-for-himself open plunge is still more appealing than listening to you play chicken in the boardroom.  A guy I know knows a guy who’s bookie says 3 to 1 odds you wet your pants instead of taking a dive. After all, you have money in American stocks, right?