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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (54938)	8/8/2011 2:18:18 PM
From: joefromspringfield	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

"That is the cost of buying influence and special favors... politicians may come surprisingly 'cheap' but it's still only a game that the well-heeled and corporate interests can play...." I think you need to add UNION's to that list.

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (54938)	8/8/2011 3:13:10 PM
From: John	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Forgetting about the corruption of both political parties for a moment, Buddy, the voters who actually support the fiscal and social conservative positions are the ones who are the most likely to always (a) pay their bills in full and ahead of schedule, (b) live their lives in a responsible way, (c) use their excellent credit wisely, and (d) proactively ensure that they maintain their good names and their excellent credit ratings. These people are graded AAA (e.g., the best of the best). In contrast, the voters who actually support the fiscal and social liberal positions are the ones who are the most likely to routinely (a) neglect their bills and default on their obligations, (b) live their lives in a variety of irresponsible ways, (c) abuse their poor credit even more, and (d) carelessly allow their names and abysmal credit ratings to degrade even more, all the while pointing a finger of blame at someone else for the self-engineered disasters in their own lives. These people are graded D (e.g., the lowest of the junk). This is true regardless of how much the government jumps up and down and demands that we accept them as AAA, when they clearly are nothing more than worthless junk grade people. Do you see and understand this basic fact? America is a failed social and fiscal experiment that attempted to merge the AAA class with the D (junk) class. Frankly, I'm surprised that S&P was willing to average the nation's sovereign credit rating as high as AA+. Given the rapid, unfavorable shifts in the nation's demographics, I doubt the USA will be able to hold it's AA+ status for very long before additional downgrades are implemented. It's easy to see that a much lower credit rating is already warranted. -ng-

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (54938)	8/8/2011 10:12:31 PM
From: Gersh Avery	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Just 17 per cent believe U.S. government has consent of the governed Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, August 8, 2011 Amidst riots in central Europe that have now spread to London and a debt downgrade that threatens to plunge the United States into a double-dip recession, Americans’ lack of confidence in their leadership is so crippled that they are now “pre-revolutionary,” according to pollster Pat Caddell. A new Rasmussen poll shows that just 17 per cent of Americans believe that the U.S. government has the consent of the governed, an all time low. This dovetails with a record low for Congress’ approval rating, which stands at a paltry 6 per cent, while 46 per cent of Americans think most members of Congress are corrupt, with just 29% believing otherwise. “The number of voters who feel the government has the consent of the governed – a foundational principle, contained in the Declaration of Independence – is down from 23% in early May and has fallen to its lowest level measured yet,” according to Rasmussen. The poll was conducted before Friday’s U.S. debt downgrade, indicating that the figures could be even more dire in the aftermath of what some analysts believe is a precursor to a new great depression. The results of this survey indicate that Americans are now “pre-revolutionary” says pollster Pat Caddell, who described the outcome of the poll as “unprecedented”. This conclusion follows Caddell’s observation last November that “a sea of anger is churning” amongst Americans who “want to take their country back” and that the nation stood on the brink of a “pre-revolutionary moment”. A D V E R T I S E M E N T Caddell’s conclusion that Americans are on the verge of rising up against a system in which they have lost all trust cannot be easily dismissed as partisan rhetoric. Despite working for numerous Democratic presidential candidates, including Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden, Caddell has been a vociferous critic of both Democrats and Republicans on several issues. Back in early 2008, before the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the start of the financial crisis, we warned that inflation and economic uncertainty would cause a massive social dislocation, which would lead to riots globally. Gerald Celente and others repeated the warning in late 2008. Over the last 18 months, we have now witnessed such scenes across the Middle East and in France, Spain, Greece, Italy and most recently London. Indeed, the only major western country not to experience significant social unrest since the economic collapse is America, although anecdotal evidence of rising crime and thefts suggests a turning point could be just around the corner. Should violence plague American streets as a result of a deepening economic crisis, U.S. troops have already been prepared to deal with such a crisis. As we reported three years ago, U.S. troops returning from Iraq were being re-allocated to occupy America, running checkpoints and training to deal with “civil unrest and crowd control” under the auspices of a Northcom program that revolved around deploying 20,000 active duty troops inside America to “help” state and local officials during times of emergency. The date set for the completion of this program was 2011, just in time to deal with the “pre-revolutionary” fervor that many fear will now manifest itself in Greece-like mayhem as a result of the fallout from the debt downgrade and America’s slide towards economic collapse. prisonplanet.com

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (54938)	8/9/2011 12:38:08 AM
From: joefromspringfield	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

JOB OPENING The democratic national committee is looking for SCAPEGOATS. Applicants should have experience in one of the following areas. Tea party involvement Worked at Standard and Poors Worked in the corporate jet industry Worked in the Bush administration Worked in talk radio Worked for big oil Worked at an insurance company White males and females preferred. African/Americans, Hispanics, Muslims and Gays need not apply. You will be forced to join a union. Expect poor working conditions with a lot of verbal abuse.