America is living out that scene in Goodfellas:

[AP]

INT: BAMBOO LOUNGE - CURBSIDE - DAY

WE SEE trucks with liquor, beer, sides of beef, even furniture like bar stools and large mirrros being unloaded and delivered into the front door.

HENRY (VO)
Now the guy's got Paulie for a
partner. Any problems, he goes
to Paulie. Trouble with the bill?
He can go to Paulie. Trouble with
the cops? Deliveries? Tommy? He
can call Paulie.

INT: BAMBOO LOUNGE - DAY

WE SEE HENRY and TWO HOODS from cabstand checking the cases of liquor being delivered into the lounge. The entire room is filled floor to ceiling with cases of whiskey, wine, crates of lobster, and shrimp, and stacks of table linen and sides of beef. The place looks like a warehuose.

HENRY (VO)
But now the guy has got to come
up with Paulie's money every week,
no matter what. Business bad?
Fuck you, pay me. You had a fire?
Fuck you, pay me. The place go
hit by lightning? Fuck you, pay
me. Also, Paulie could do any-
thing. Especially run up bills
on the joint's credit. Why not?
Nobody's gonna pay for it anyway.

EXT. BAMBOO LOUNGE - REAR ALLEWAY - DAY

WE SEE cases of liquor, wine, etc., being carried out of the rear door of the lounge by HOODS from the cabstand and loaded onto U-Haul trucks.

HENRY (VO)
As soon as the deliveries are
made in the front door, you move
the stuff out the back and sell
it at a discount. Yout take a
two hundred dollar case of booze
and sell it for a hundred. It
doesn't matter. It's all profit.

INT. BAMBOO LOUNGE OFFICE

HENRY, JIMMY and TOMMY are standing around the small workman's table. There is no desk. The office looks denuded of furniture. A LAWYER is going over papers.

A terrified, unshaven SONNY BAMBOO is seated behind the desk. The LAWYER is showing him where to sign.

HENRY (VO)
And, finally, when there's nothing
left, when you can't borrow another
buck from the bank or buy another
case of booze, you bust the joint out.

CUT DIRECLTY TO:

LARGE CLOSE UP - HANDS

making rolls of toilet paper being kneeded into long rolls with Sterno.

Does that sound a little like what Bush is doing to America?

When do you think Bush is going to bust this joint out?

[charlie]

1. Hey!

Cool! I've been saying that forever! Fuck you - PAY ME has been my shorthand for Bushco amongst my friends.

[AP]

2. This whole movie is about Bush.

"To me, being a gangster was better than being President of the United States."

Switch "gangster" and "POTUS" and you're talking about GWB.

[sangh0]

3. AP, you're on fire lately, yourself

Keep up the good work

[AP]

4. kick and a thank you.

[DS1]

5. I'm torn between a bust out and a total slash and burn policy