being unable to remove said debt through bankruptcy makes me feel as though something diabolical is going on here. i mean really? you can absolve yourself of any other debt through bankruptcy but not student loans?! somewhere, a rich fat cat is tapping his fingers together, mr burns style, and saying "exxxxcelllent"...

agreed, ive been waiting for trickle-down economics to kick in for 30 years now :P

well that definitely would explain why neither of the parties calls the others bluff on this filibuster nonsense. i would LOVE to see someone actually make the other side filibuster and read names out of the phone book for a few weeks: http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/tp/Five-Longest-Filibusters.htm

we cant be bothered with worrying about the violations of our civil liberties, 'dancing with the stars' is on...