The scariest thing I’ve seen lately, besides Mason Crosby kicking any time this season and the Packer pass rush on Sunday, are the numbers cited in The Economist about the U.S. Economy:

On current policies the publicly held federal debt, 41% of GDP last year, will double in the next decade. Total government debt will move well above the G20 average. In a few years the AAA rating of Treasury bonds, the world’s most important security, could be in jeopardy.

Ouch. Desperately needed: a toning down of partisan spewing in favor of some really serious discussion on behalf of the American people. Fixing what needs to be fixed, from health care to the deficit, is going to be painful. Elected representatives and pundits whose opinions are designed solely to affect the next election cycle, please sit down and let the grown-ups work.