Oh, and...

Did I mention that  dockworkers are set to close down American ports along the east coast and on the gulf by going on strike this Sunday? No?  That's because I didn't know about that until I read this morning's Washington Post. 

So let's see---dockworkers strike on Sunday December 30, and we squash our heads on the debt ceiling on the 31st, and we fall off a fiscal cliff the following day. 

The first days of 2013 are going to be a real kick in the pants, aren't they?