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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>>…</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <b>On Behalf Of </b>BillK<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] sequestration: was RE: Progress<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 4:20 PM, spike wrote:<br>><span style='color:#1F497D'>>…</span> As a result of a 48 billion dollar cut in this fiscal year’s reckless<br>> government spending (out of an approximately 3.8 trillion dollar outlay) we<br>> are assured that THE END is upon us<span style='color:#1F497D'>… spike</span><br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>>…</span><b>In other words, the entire apocalyptic impact of the sequester for 2013 was offset by one day's debt issuance.</b><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>…</span> Oy vey, indeed. BillK<br>------<br><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>BillK, apologies for failing to answer, for I have been crazy busy catching up on all the things I have neglected while anticipating the end of the world. Since the world was ending, there was no point in mowing the yard, cleaning the house, taking out the garbage, bathing, that sort of thing, for if it really is THE END then none of this will make the slightest bit of difference if left undone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>When this morning dawned and I saw that the world hadn’t ended, that zombies were not coming, life forms were still forming life, then I had to get with it and do all those usual tasks that had been put off in dreaded anticipation. So now it’s back to our regularly scheduled programming. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>spike</span><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>