Day 15 in D.C....2 Major Happenings Today

The Gorilla is speaking...
  Today, the Commission on the "Deficit"-"Debt"-"Needed Cuts" has NOT reached the number  14 members;
...the Commission is therefore disbanded;
...the Commission has nothing to 'send-to' the congress as a whole;
...the Commission has, however, begun the parade;


          

Senator Alan Sessions has interjected humor into this  9 Mo + commission;
..as co-chair, he has provided a message with his legendary humor;
..as usual, today he did NOT disappoint once again.

Sitting at the commission table, Sen. Alan Sessions summed it [progress] up this way:
 " We threw a big banana into the Gorilla cage;
   the Gorilla picked it up;
   peeled it;
   mashed it;
   played with it;
   & ate a little of it:
 That is where we are today"   
  He is presently on his way back home.  We wish him well.

Shortly afterwards, Lindsey Graham was asked to comment on this situation [no vote forward in Commission], to  which he stated:
 .." I don't know if the Gorilla[s] would like to be compared to members of Congress"

Fun way to end this non-action with a dose of humor.

As of this moment in time,  there is or was a vote to take up the matter of voting [?] on the the Dec.31st ending of the Bush era Tax Cuts

Presently, the President having gone to Afghanistan overnight, is speaking to the troops there & to the TV audience so the screens have moved away from the vote process.

Whether a vote on the tax matter is taken today or tomorrow--the fact of the matter is that in order for a smooth transition or continuation of the tax code-process--this VOTE must be taken by December 8th, 2010.

Interesting:
... Amazon Services is no longer providing [as previously] net availability to Wiki-Leaks
...Jobs report for November less than stellar with 39,000 -50,000 private sector jobs created & 9.8 % unemployment