Political Ruminations

Morning Quote: President Obama

President Obama on the S&P downgrade:

“No matter what some agency may say about our credit, we always have been and always will be a Triple A country.”

Morning Quote: Atrios

Atrios on the S&P downgrade:

“Apparently we're supposed to care about what some idiots at some corrupt organization think about anything.”

This made me smile.

Quote of the Day

Chez Pazienza on the  S & P downgrade of U.S. credit, and our completely fucked media:

“The debt ceiling fight, the credit downgrade, the implementation of hostage politics, all of it stemmed not as a result of a "broken government" in which both sides share equal blame; these things were the direct result of one party, the one that tallied up an unprecedented debt then manufactured a phony crisis over that debt which has already cost us our credit rating and could very well lead to a partial collapse of our fragile economy. What they've done will hurt people. It will destroy lives. And the entire reason for it is simply that the GOP wants control of the White House again. After utterly ruining us, the Republicans are seeking to assume complete dominance of our national and global policy again. This is reality. This is the what's happening. And while the press should be equally adversarial when it comes to its coverage of our leaders, it should not ignore the truth or pretend that there are two sides it. The truth is the truth. Period.”

I’ve given up on our corporate-owned media. They are without conscience as to their position as the fourth estate, and are solely concerned with corporate profits. To that end, they prefer that Republicans be in power because Republicans are owned, completely owned, by these corporations and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce which stands for them.

We are well and truly screwed.