Tryon Palace, New Bern, NC

this e-mail message went out to two senators

and one congressman after learning the Tryon Palace is

apparently on the chopping block...

senator burr:

senator hagan:

congressman jones:

de-funding tryon palace will certainly get the attention

of thousands of voters here in eastern north carolina...

so why not?

how much money will be saved for the next shift of

wealth to the already wealthy? we must contribute

our fair share.

keep it up...at this rate the U.S. will look like any third-

world country sooner rather than later.

The Debt Ceiling

Randi Rhodes Interviews Former Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL)
on The Debt Ceiling

We keep hearing the question, "So we're at the debt ceiling - but what does that mean?" Former Congressman - and former professional economist - Alan Grayson explains what it really means to be at the debt ceiling.

In short, life and the economy as we know could realistically cease to exist in the United States if we don't get back under our debt ceiling. Overnight, there would be a giant sucking sound - the sound of a 10% drop in our Gross National Product - and the amount of unemployment we'd have could be massive.

It's not just a threat - it's a very real possibility, if the United States defaults on our debt, as many in the GOP leadership are hinting that we should do.

Alan Grayson is one of the only Congresspersons who has ever worked professionally as an economist - so Randi reached out to Alan to find out more about what it really means for America to be bumping the debt ceiling, as we are right now.