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[eznark]

Barry is on

 

[planar1280]

Obama on now

 

[Clevinger]

It wasn't this bad in THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA.

Yikes.

 

[eznark]

Talking long term deficit reduction. Wants tax hikes and medicare cuts.

This speech will be a real winner...

 

[Clevinger]

Talking long term deficit reduction. Wants tax hikes and medicare cuts.

This speech will be a real winner...

And more compromise. Dude must have worse memory than the guy in Memento.

 

[aronnov reborn]

they need to extend the sales tax deductible that expires this year.... I dont want to pay taxes on money i already spent on sales tax!!!

Make it happen Barry!

 

[[Nintex]]

So is he still trying to talk to Republicans?

Give it up Obama, they're fucking crazy.

 

[gcubed]

Talking long term deficit reduction. Wants tax hikes and medicare cuts.

This speech will be a real winner...

i have no faith that there would be a way to get tax code changes, adjustments or slight raises through the house... if it wasn't being held by a minority of dimwits (beyond the normal politician level), i'd see this SP downgrade as a great opportunity to fix some shit with the tax system and get some real change in it moving through. As it is now, its about as productive as smashing your dick in a car door.

 

[LosDaddie]

It wasn't this bad in THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA.

Fixed.
But remember, a certain regular contributor saw no reason for BS to get the ban hammer. None at all. :lol

 

[aronnov reborn]

So is he still trying to talk to Republicans?

Give it up Obama, they're fucking crazy.

The correct term for those of us that want a balanced budget is terrorist i believe.

 

[eznark]

Man he is fumbling all over himself today.

hahahha....now he is talking about hikes in spending (tax cuts, unemployment extensions, infrastructure spending)

S&P just downgraded the US to BBB

 

[gcubed]

S&P is basically downgrading almost any financial institution that had a AAA rating that does the majority of its business in the US.

 

[movie_club]

notice he said moving towards a stronger afghanistan not democratic

 

[planar1280]

S&P is basically downgrading almost any financial institution that had a AAA rating that does the majority of its business in the US.

does that include S&P itself?

 

[eznark]

I'm downgrading the Presidents rhetorical abilities to CC (Currently highly vulnerable)

 

[ToxicAdam]

Edit - Financial reporting really pisses me off with attaching whatever bit of news to the market's actions on that day. Apparently the markets are sliding because of Freddie and Fannie's downgrade. Ah ok.

Thank you. Let's start a movement to end this.

 

[gcubed]

I'm downgrading the Presidents rhetorical abilities to CC (Currently highly vulnerable)

i think it should be lower, what good is rhetoric if no one listens anymore?

 

[Byakuya769]

Man he is fumbling all over himself today.

hahahha....now he is talking about hikes in spending (tax cuts, unemployment extensions, infrastructure spending)

S&P just downgraded the US to BBB

Come on man, short-term does not equal long-term.

Thank you. Let's start a movement to end this.

Who's with us?

 

[Dude Abides]

The correct term for those of us that want a balanced budget is terrorist i believe.

"those of us that want a balanced budget" is a null set.

 

[Invisible_Insane]

I think S&P may be trying to cut its way to credibility.

 

[[Nintex]]

I wonder if Boehner regrets walking out of that good deal. It wasn't perfect but the cuts were much bigger. Now you guys got the worst possible deal ever and it shows.

 

[RustyNails]

I wonder if Boehner regrets walking out of that good deal. It wasn't perfect but the cuts were much bigger. Now you guys got the worst possible deal ever and it shows.

This will be remembered as the day Tea Partiers crashed US economy.

 

[eznark]

"those of us that want a balanced budget" is a null set.

I almost pissed myself when Obama said "it's important to find a balanced" then stumbled over the next word and I thought he was actually going to call for a balanced budget for a split hair of a second.

I was getting ready to fire up my old democraticunderground account!

 

[Clevinger]

This will be remembered as the day Tea Partiers crashed US economy.

No, it won't.

 

[Crisis]

If Obama wouldn't puss out, I'd tell him to stop fucking compromising with the Republicans. You've tried that route and it never helps, nor does it ever end well.

 

[jmdajr]

Poor Obama. I don't know what I would do in his situation.
I would probably say fuck it.. I don't care about being re-elected and just say whatever the fuck I wanted.

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

I guess the White House figured they had to just move their lips a little today in response to the downgrade. Nothing really new or helpful was said.

Edit: Dow now below 11,000.

 

[Crisis]

I guess the White House figured they had to just move their lips a little today in response to the downgrade. Nothing really new or helpful was said.

So it's a lot like being a teabagger every day?

 

[aronnov reborn]

I guess the White House figured they had to just move their lips a little today in response to the downgrade. Nothing really new or helpful was said.

Edit: Dow now below 11,000.

you know anyone over 45 is probably selling everything they have this week.

 

[eznark]

If Obama wouldn't puss out, I'd tell him to stop fucking compromising with the Republicans. You've tried that route and it never helps, nor does it ever end well.

If Obama had "stopped fucking compromising" we'd be sitting in the exact same spot we're currently in except that he wouldn't be able to (effectively) call it a Tea Party Downgrade. He goes the 14th Ammendment route...down grade. He does nothing, down grade.

This way at least he brings congress along for the porcelain parade.

 

[besada]

Well it's seems to have worked for about 200 years so.....

For certain limited definitions of "worked."

 

[RustyNails]

Poor Obama. I don't know what I would do in his situation.
I would probably say fuck it.. I don't care about being re-elected and just say whatever the fuck I wanted.

...and leave like this

 

[RoninChaos]

Just lost my job. Looking at our economy.

Fuck.

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. I'm starting to get worried about how I"m going to feed my family.

 

[planar1280]

BOOM

DOW 10,915.35 -529.26

 

[TacticalFox88]

If Obama wouldn't puss out, I'd tell him to stop fucking compromising with the Republicans. You've tried that route and it never helps, nor does it ever end well.

I hope that the reason he's acting like this is because of re-election, with him after 2012 election saying/doing WTF he wants and becoming the badass we all hoped he'd be.

 

[jmdajr]

Just lost my job. Looking at our economy.

Fuck.

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. I'm starting to get worried about how I"m going to feed my family.

I'm sorry bro

 

[RustyNails]

BOOM

DOW 10,915.35 -529.26

Someone call and check if Diablos is ok!

 

[SlipperySlope]

Change you can believe in.

 

[Evlar]

Weeeeeee!

 

[Byakuya769]

Change you can believe in.

Yea, this is the same shit we get from republicans. You agree we need a fundamental change in policy?

 

[aronnov reborn]

BOOM

DOW 10,915.35 -529.26

holy shit.. -588 now good lord

 

[teruterubozu]

Change you can believe in.

Read my lips: no new taxes.

 

[Loudninja]

holy shit.. -588 now good lord

Really what you expect?

 

[eznark]

The VIX is at 43, now, up 35%. That's its first cross of 40 in more than a year.

I am out of snark

 

[planar1280]

Just lost my job. Looking at our economy.

Fuck.

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. I'm starting to get worried about how I"m going to feed my family.

sorry to hear that. where did u work?

 

[aronnov reborn]

Really what you expect?

a damn zombie apocalypse

 

[RoninChaos]

I'm sorry bro

Thanks. This shit is scary, man. I saw so many folks at the unemployment office that had been at their jobs for years and years and they've been unemployed for over a year. I'd been at my job for 5 years and got slapped with the pink on friday. My job has let a ton of people go for quota issues, and I was the next one. They keep raising quotas despite less customers walking in. I guess that's just how it goes. I just hope they don't fight me on it. It's pretty rattling when I figure that me, the wife, and my son could end up on the streets because of things out of my control... it's fucking with me hard.

I was unemployed back after 911 cause I worked at the airport and couldn't find a job for like a year. I don't want to go thru this shit again. My emergency fund is gone because of medical bills. This shit was hella out of left field.

 

[A Human Becoming]

Really what you expect?

S&P holds more weight than Washington was willing to admit.

 

[aronnov reborn]

Yea, this is the same shit we get from republicans. You agree we need a fundamental change in policy?

Honestly we're left with 2 choices for the future.

Just becoming a socialist country - which i'd prefer not happen

or do whatever it takes to balance the budget which would mean more taxes for everyone... not just the rich.. even a fair tax if needed. and even fund jobs like clean rail etc.

 

[eznark]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60884.html

Rick Perry intends to use a speech in South Carolina Saturday to make clear that he's running for president, POLITICO has learned.

Praise Jesus?