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<div style="RIGHT: auto">The good thing about a democracy is you get what you voted for. And the bad thing about democracy is you get what you voted for. Unfortunately, it is going to take much more than a downgrade of AAA to AA+ from S&P to make the American people respond to this economic crisis. I heard on NPR today that only 58% of the adult <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> population is employed. Scary! </div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr readonly="true" contenteditable="false"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, August 5, 2011 7:17 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Vision2020] CNN Breaking News<BR></FONT><BR>Read on, V-Peeps.<BR><BR>More "good" news to pass on to the Tea Party stench, the cause behind this<BR>downgrade.<BR><BR><A href="http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/05/news/economy/downgrade_rumors/index.htm"
target=_blank>http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/05/news/economy/downgrade_rumors/index.htm</A><BR><BR>The downfall of the market this week may foreshadow things to come.<BR><BR>Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR>"Believe we're gliding down the highway<BR>When in fact we're slip slidin' away."<BR><BR>- Paul Simon<BR><BR><BR>---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------<BR>Subject: CNN Breaking News<BR>From: "CNN Breaking News" <<A href="mailto:BreakingNews@mail.cnn.com" ymailto="mailto:BreakingNews@mail.cnn.com">BreakingNews@mail.cnn.com</A>><BR>Date: Fri, August 5, 2011 5:31 pm<BR>To: <A href="mailto:textbreakingnews@EMA3LSV06.TURNER.COM" ymailto="mailto:textbreakingnews@EMA3LSV06.TURNER.COM">textbreakingnews@EMA3LSV06.TURNER.COM</A><BR>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR><BR>Rating agency Standard
& Poor's says it has downgraded the U.S. credit<BR>rating to AA+ from its top rank of AAA.<BR><BR>Rating agencies analyze risk and give debt a "grade" that reflects the<BR>borrower's ability to pay the underlying loans.<BR><BR>The safest bets are stamped AAA. That's where U.S. debt stood for years.<BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR> <A href="http://www.fsr.net/" target=_blank>http://www.fsr.net</A> <BR> mailto:<A href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>=======================================================<BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>