Archive for July 24th, 2011

Debt Ceiling Update

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So it looks like Boehner, et al are working on a “framework” that is to be announced sometime before the Asian markets open this afternoon. First, the best summary of Where We Are Now comes from British Business Secretary Vance Cable:

“The irony of the situation at the moment, with markets opening tomorrow morning, is that the biggest threat to the world financial system comes from a few right-wing nutters in the American congress rather than the eurozone.”

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Domestic “Conservative Christian” Terrorists Target America’s Economy

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Self described “Consevative Christian” Anders Behring Breivik used guns and bombs to inflict terror on a massive scale in Norway. Are our self-described “Conservative Christians” in Congress less fanatical ? On dkos, Nicholas Kristof accurately identifies the greatest threat currently facing America. IF China or Iran threatened our national credit rating and tried to drive […]

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