Standard and Poor's downgrades US to AA+

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by Riot

Indiana surprises me. Where? Central? In association with the wind farms?

AZ isn't going to have any water. I can't believe they are still building there.

OK too, for some reason people live there.

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

personal responsibility. nobody wants that.

The bank executives sure the f.uck don't and have no repercussions for their actions.

Are you saying these people should have different rules? Wake up.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

The bank executives sure the f.uck don't and have no repercussions for their actions.

Are you saying these people should have different rules? Wake up.

the bank execs who screwed us should be put in a cell with Bubba or have their asses kicked in a public setting.

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

the bank execs who screwed us should be put in a cell with Bubba or have their asses kicked in a public setting.

Well they aren't and if they can get away with criminal behavior then why can't the poor?

The leaders of society are mostly scumbag criminals. Lead by example and this is the result.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

OK too, for some reason people live there.

Where in Indiana?

[clyde]

Do youl read your boo bees bedtime stories??

[Riot]

This is a hilarious accounting - in cartoon form - of the reality of how the Republicans decided to use the "debt ceiling blockage" strategy. Be sure to go down to the bottom of the introduction and click "start" (it is not the cartoons on the right)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv...deal-timeline/

[wiphan]

Originally Posted by Riot

Really? Do you have anything constructive to offer regarding the Feds options, or just want to be snarky? You want to talk about the Feds announcement (or lack of it) that there will be no QE3, that they are not doing anything? Or just wanna be snarky?

When you make a comment stating "we will never go broke because we can just print more money" it shows that you have no knowledge or understanding of fiscal policy and there is no sense in discussing it with you. You simply do not understand. My 3 yr old has that kind of logic. The Fed said a lot today, more than it usually does. The last thing we need is QEIII.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by wiphan

When you make a comment stating "we will never go broke because we can just print more money" it shows that you have no knowledge or understanding of fiscal policy and there is no sense in discussing it with you.

Oh for christ sakes, you fool, I didn't say we would ever do that, or that it would remotely ever be a reasonable or logical solution, it would be terrible. I suspected you to have a small bit of common sense in a discussion!

But it is indeed why we would never go "bankrupt".

You are so filled with your prejudices and assumptions. You trot them out at the drop of a hat, be they valid or not. Are you already blaming "union thugs" for any Democratic victories in Wisconsin today? Even though the Koch Brothers have spent more outside money on the GOP side?

[Antitrust32]

the best news the past few weeks is no QEIII

[Antitrust32]

Riot were you bullied in school?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

Riot were you bullied in school?

Like you? No. Not at all.

I'm tired of Wiphans massive and repetitive jumping to unsubstantiated conclusions. If you say A, Wiphan snarks back attacking you for C, D and E. Predictable and boring. And bullshit.

[Antitrust32]

he's a smart guy who understands what is going on in the state he resides.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

he's a smart guy who understands what is going on in the state he resides.

Not smart enough to realize the basic financial parameter givens of a normal discussion.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Riot

Not smart enough to realize the basic financial parameter givens of a normal discussion.

only in your opinion.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

only in your opinion.

Yes, we each get one of those!

And to slightly change the subject, this is completely hilarious:

"Tea Party! American Thanks You!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Kuo8lb6Bg

[Riot]

Washington Post:

House and Senate Republicans have rallied around the notion of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution as a solution to the country’s dire fiscal straits. But over the weekend, the head of Standard & Poor’s sovereign ratings division dismissed the idea, arguing that it would be more harmful than helpful to the country’s creditworthiness.

“In general, we think that fiscal rules like these just diminish the flexibility of the government to respond” to crises, S&P managing director John Chambers told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Saturday when asked whether it’s important that Congress send a balanced budget amendment to the states in order to restore the country’s AAA credit rating.

Chambers made the remarks one day after S&P downgraded the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+ for the first time in the country’s history.

Since the start of the 112th Congress, Republicans in both chambers have voiced increasing support for a balanced budget amendment, and a pledge to “cut, cap and balance” the federal budget — first raised during the debate over raising the country’s debt ceiling — has become a rallying point among conservatives in the broader battle over the federal budget.

[Danzig]

if they'd put all their efforts into finding ways to increase hiring, we'd be far better off.

i called the honorable sen. pryors office today, which my husband said was probably a waste of time.
i told the lady who answered the phone that i was calling because of a line i'd read in the paper earlier today. that leaders in england were cutting their vacations short, and returning to handle the crisis with the looting, etc. i asked her why our leaders weren't doing the same.

i think i'll email bozeman and rep. ross, and ask them the same thing.

[Danzig]

and what ever happened with this?

http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/03/news...down/index.htm


or was that all just a waste of time for the people involved? what's the point in having people work on something, if you're not going to use the results?

[Danzig]

the reps have named the six members of the super committee....

which will now become a super waste of time, effort, with no reason to meet.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44088093...per-committee/


maybe, just maybe....lol...anyway, maybe they can at least do what is suggested in the article, tax reform and close loopholes.

you've got a party that refuses to touch the biggest part of future budget problems, and a party that refuses to look at raising taxes even on billionaires. now, without a bit of a move on both those issues, our problems will continue to spiral out of control.