While it is perfectly true that the impact of the full cuts will takea while to bite, what I take away from my visit to Virginia is that the looming crisis is causing a lot of people intense worry - I also suspect it has already damaged the economy.
Today, when presidents decide to takea jog or go out for abite to eat, it is done from within thick concentric rings of armed Secret Service agents and local police.
As for my conscience, I can takea lesson from my dear old dad, who retreats to the same sound bite every time we argue about Social Security and Medicare.
Even if a Kindle Fire owner never uses the device to buy something from Amazon.com, the e-commerce giant could still takeabite out of Wal-Mart with its new device.