A summary of the unforeseen consequences of not raising the debt ceiling another $2 trillion dollars:

1. Upkeep for Unused Monkey House and Other Buildings -

(Department of Veterans Affairs) $175 Million

2. Sprucing Up Apartments Before They Are Torn Down - (Shreveport,

LA) $1.5 Million

3. Museum Where Neon Signs Go to Die… - (Las Vegas, NV) $1.8

Million

4. “Free” Grateful Dead Archive - (Santa Cruz, CA) $615,000

5. Agencies Pile Up Unnecessary Printing Costs - $930 Million

6. Studying World of Warcraft and Other Virtual Games - (Irvine, CA)

$2.9 Million

7. Dept. of Energy Still Fails to Turn Off the Lights - (Department of

Energy) $2.2 Million

8. Fraudulent Medical Testing by Criminal Gangs - (U.S. Center for

Medicare and Medicaid Services) $35 Million

9. Poems in Zoos - (AR, IL, LA, WI, & FL) $997,766

10. Shooting Range Armed with Taxpayer Dollars - (Las Vegas, NV)

$15.68 Million

(Senator Tom Coburn’s list)

Unintended consequences:

1) Timothy Geithner and Ben Bernanke will resign.

2) We will be unable to fund ‘bridges to nowhere’.

3) Research on methane emissions from cows will be cut. ($700,000)

4) Obamacare may be repealed due to lack of funds.

5) Barack Obama will not be reelected.

Think long and hard about these choices. Our country needs another $2 trillion dollars to fund these important projects and reelect President Obama.

JOE BRENNAN

Friday, July 22, 2011