I don't know why you would find it "hiaroius", Dougie, seein' as Obama has just done with his 1st budget as president what George Bush was able to do in any year of his administration...

That might not make Obama a "deficit hawk" but it seems if we look at those folks out there who define themselves as deficit hawks all we are seeing is chin music and no action... In other words, it's one thing to talk the talk but quite another to walk the walk... Right now yer side is hopelessly stuck in the talk stage of the deal...

B~

BTW, LH... You absolutely correct about a cure for cancer... The health-care/industrial complex is quite dependent on cancer... The bills for my late wife Judy's treatment were almost $400,000... That's on shit load of cash...