Part of the problem, as my colleague Donald Marron notes, is that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has muddied the rhetorical waters by warning about the potential of the government defaulting on its debt if the debt ceiling is breached.
Throw in other oldies but goodies Jimmy Buffet and Pink Floyd alum Roger Waters, along with country superstars like Keith Urban and husband-and-wife team Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, and Summer '07 is a paradise for scalpers.