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Originally posted by Hoosier2012:From the way things look, I wouldn't be surprised at all. The Dow Jones just dropped 634 damn points. If I'm an American, can I bring up the "Americans are stupid" diatribe? At least the ones we've elected to run the country. Obama is inept. The Republicans are crazy. I don't see this getting better anytime soon. Obama just came out today and basically said that no matter what S&P says, America will be a AAA rated country. Bullshit. We suck. We don't deal with bad news- we hide it, and that's going to be our downfall unless we get our heads out of our collective asses. I used to be one of those people that would say that America is the best country in the world, hands down...but I'm quickly losing faith in this country. I'm a Christian conservative...but most of the people who would also fall into that category are batshit insane. Michelle Bachmann? Really? If she gets anywhere near the White House, someone just needs to blow the damned capital up.

/angrypost

Originally posted by U2fan:This whole debt deal was fabricated by the Teapublicans since the controversial Ryan "destroy Medicare" budget didn't work out. These people need to be voted out of office in 2012 so we can become a progressive nation once more.

Originally posted by U2fan:This whole debt deal was fabricated by the Teapublicans since the controversial Ryan "destroy Medicare" budget didn't work out. These people need to be voted out of office in 2012 so we can become a progressive nation once more.

Originally posted by WojBhoy:And now we have rioting/looting on the streets of London. I say that like it's a new development, it's been happening since Saturday. Some reports suggesting that similar is threatening to happen in Birmingham. Either which way, it's all absolute bollocks. The world's going mad. Best part? It's taken 3 days for the government to come back from their summer recess to see what there is to be done. Police overstretched? No shit, that's what you get with cuts to the public services and no investment in any kind. All supposedly kicked off on Thursday when (as is reported) a young man called Marc Duggan was shot by police - motives and actual sequence of events are still unclear, but a protest against it took place on Saturday, but now it's spiralled into sheer bloody minded looting and thuggery. No political purpose, just sheer opportunism by worthless worms of human beings. That said, it's no wonder such things haven't occurred before now - the state of our society is poor at best, so it's inevitable that eventually civil unrest would occur soon enough. The true cause behind all of this is far too complex to be rolled into one neatly-sized reason and labelled, but what's happening now is completely apolitical, sheer madness.

Originally posted by WojBhoy:And now we have rioting/looting on the streets of London. I say that like it's a new development, it's been happening since Saturday. Some reports suggesting that similar is threatening to happen in Birmingham. Either which way, it's all absolute bollocks. The world's going mad. Best part? It's taken 3 days for the government to come back from their summer recess to see what there is to be done. Police overstretched? No shit, that's what you get with cuts to the public services and no investment in any kind. All supposedly kicked off on Thursday when (as is reported) a young man called Marc Duggan was shot by police - motives and actual sequence of events are still unclear, but a protest against it took place on Saturday, but now it's spiralled into sheer bloody minded looting and thuggery. No political purpose, just sheer opportunism by worthless worms of human beings. That said, it's no wonder such things haven't occurred before now - the state of our society is poor at best, so it's inevitable that eventually civil unrest would occur soon enough. The true cause behind all of this is far too complex to be rolled into one neatly-sized reason and labelled, but what's happening now is completely apolitical, sheer madness.

Originally posted by Hoosier2012:From the way things look, I wouldn't be surprised at all. The Dow Jones just dropped 634 damn points. If I'm an American, can I bring up the "Americans are stupid" diatribe? At least the ones we've elected to run the country. Obama is inept. The Republicans are crazy. I don't see this getting better anytime soon. Obama just came out today and basically said that no matter what S&P says, America will be a AAA rated country. Bullshit. We suck. We don't deal with bad news- we hide it, and that's going to be our downfall unless we get our heads out of our collective asses. I used to be one of those people that would say that America is the best country in the world, hands down...but I'm quickly losing faith in this country. I'm a Christian conservative...but most of the people who would also fall into that category are batshit insane. Michelle Bachmann? Really? If she gets anywhere near the White House, someone just needs to blow the damned capital up.

/angrypost

Originally posted by U2fan:This whole debt deal was fabricated by the Teapublicans since the controversial Ryan "destroy Medicare" budget didn't work out. These people need to be voted out of office in 2012 so we can become a progressive nation once more.

Originally posted by Macphistfly:[..]

What a humorous statement. I find it hilarious that there are some people out there who think cutting spending and capping the debt is the path to madness.
There is no money in the coiffeurs for your precious Progressivist growth of Government.

Originally posted by Doc32:[..]

Ya the debt was clearly fabricated by Republicans. It obviously didn't exist before this year. Clearly the soluotion is to spend more so we can be "progressive." Well reasoned statement.