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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Selective quoting yet again, eh, Gary?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For those interested, here’s the link to the article Gary is quoting:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/WP-S-P-Downgrades">http://tinyurl.com/WP-S-P-Downgrades</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Of course, anyone listening to reputable news and <b>not</b> selectively quoting is aware of this little gem, which is also in the article Gary selectively quoted from:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>“The majority of Republicans in Congress continue to resist any measure that would raise revenues,” the firm said.”</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So, yes, let’s be sure to be honest about the teabaggers’ role in this fiasco: they are apparently too economics challenged to understand that the US simply <b>cannot</b> appropriately deal with our debt <b>without increasing revenue</b> as well as addressing spending. That ignorance plays a significant – perhaps <b>the most</b> significant -- role in this disaster.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And, the current GOP leadership obviously lacks the backbone to stand up to these lunatics who are willing to absolutely destroy this country’s economy in the name of their flawed ideology.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Perhaps a great example is the FAA deauthorization – they were so stupid they thought they were saving taxpayers money (as well as attacking the hard working American men & women who make up airlines) by preventing the FAA from collecting taxes. But, what really happened? The same damn thing that happens nearly every time we give big corporations a “break”: the airlines ran with their corporate greed & simply jacked up ticket prices.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As near as I can tell, the ‘baggers either think greed is a virtue or are as stupid as their hero Greenspan was about the pervasiveness of greed & the loss of humanity, compassion, and caring for others in America.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>They must be so proud.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Which speaks volumes about what’s gone wrong with this country – greed & ignorance trump all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Saundra Lund<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Moscow, ID<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>~ Edmund Burke<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2011 through life plus 70 years, Saundra Lund. Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside the Vision 2020 forum without the express written permission of the author.*****<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gary Crabtree<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 06, 2011 7:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> Tom Hansen; Donovan Arnold<br><b>Cc:</b> Moscow Vision 2020<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] CNN Breaking News<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From today's Washington Post</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>"...</span><span style='color:black'>the bipartisan agreement reached this week to find at least $2.1 trillion in budget savings “fell short” of what was necessary to tame the nation’s debt over time and predicted that leaders would not be likely to achieve more savings in the future."</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Was it the Tea Party that was fighting tooth nail in favor of raising the debt limit to an absolute all time high with no spending reductions what so ever? Was it the Tea party that would have no part of the cut, cap, and balance plan or the Mack penny plan that would have put the country on a path to solvency? Can you point to a single democrat/progressive plan that might have had as a result even a slight reduction in the countries debt burden? Heck, with two years of total government control they couldn't even pass a budget.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The bond rating agencies want to see spending and the debt required to perpetuate it brought under control, a goal that is at the very heart of the "Tea Party stench."</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>g</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" title="mailto:thansen@moscow.com CTRL + Click to follow link">Tom Hansen</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Friday, August 05, 2011 7:13 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" title="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com CTRL + Click to follow link">Donovan Arnold</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Cc:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" title="vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Re: [Vision2020] CNN Breaking News<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This downgrading, if adopted by the other two rating firms, has more of an adverse impact than you suggest, Mr. Arnold.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Do you realize that most, if not all, 301Ks are committed to investments with AAA ratings ONLY?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The result could be catastrophic <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Seeya round town, Moscow.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change <span class=apple-style-span>and the Realist adjusts his sails."</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- Unknown<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Aug 5, 2011, at 18:57, Donovan Arnold <<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>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 US population is employed. Scary! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Donovan Arnold<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>><br><b>To:</b> Moscow Vision 2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 5, 2011 7:17 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] CNN Breaking News<br></span><span style='color:black'><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">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">BreakingNews@mail.cnn.com</a>><br>Date: Fri, August 5, 2011 5:31 pm<br>To: <a href="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. 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