Thank GOD we got Obama's Debt Deal Done So We Don't Get Downgraded... Oh, wait...

STANDARD & POOR’S DOWNGRADES U.S. CREDIT RATING FOR FIRST TIME IN HISTORY-



Congratulations to President Obama for becoming the first U.S. President to have the countries credit rating downgraded...



FOUR MORE YEARS!!!!

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Sadly, the fears have been confirmed. Standard & Poor‘s has downgraded the United States’ credit rating for the first time in the history of the ratings. According to AP, the credit rating agency says that it is cutting the country’s top AAA rating by one notch to AA+. On Friday evening S&P said that the debt bill recently passed by Congress was not enough to stabilize the nation’s debt crisis. AP also reports that a source familiar with the  situation said that the Obama administration believes S&P’s analysis contained “deep and fundamental flaws.” And it gets worse. The Wall Street Journal published the following press release from S&P that claims the rating agency could be downgrading the U.S. yet again to a AA. In addition, the S&P statement says the downgrade reflects “our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenges to a degree more than we envisioned when we assigned a negative outlook to the rating on April 18, 201:” – We have lowered our long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States of America to ‘AA+’ from ‘AAA’ and affirmed the ‘A-1+’ short-term rating. – We have also removed both the short- and long-term ratings from CreditWatch negative. – The downgrade reflects our opinion that the fiscal consolidation plan that Congress and the Administration recently agreed to falls short of what, in our view, would be necessary to stabilize the government’s medium-term debt dynamics. – More broadly, the downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenges to a degree more than we envisioned when we assigned a negative outlook to the rating on April 18, 2011. Read more at www.theblaze.com

 

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IRAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD COMMANDER BECOMES NEW PRESIDENT OF OPEC

This can only be a good thing, right?

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World Iran Revolutionary Guard Commander Becomes New President of OPEC

If you were worried about foreign oil before and production gouging by OPEC before, just wait until you hear who‘s the organization’s new president.

The Guardian is reporting that Rostam Ghasemi, who on Wednesday became Iran’s oil minister, is now the new head of OPEC. But not only is he from the U.S.-hating Iran, he’s also been sanctioned by the U.S., the E.U. and Australia and has his assets blacklisted.

The Revolutionary Guard and Iran couldn’t be happier.

“The clever and decisive vote of Iranian MPs for engineer Ghasemi to become the oil minister is a meaningful and crucial response to the attacks against the guards from the west’s media empire,” Ramedan Sharif, the head of the revolutionary guards public relations’ unit, said, according to Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency. Read more at www.theblaze.com

 

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This May Be You In Obama's 2012...

Another loss of freedom in the "Good Ol' USA"

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Crime Minn. Man Faces Jail For Feeding Birds in Own Backyard

A man in Bloomington, MN has run afoul of local bird feeding statutes, and he could spend up to 90 days in jail for the offense.

Craig Brown has said he wanted to make his yard a haven for birds. And local law allows for the installation of bird feeders as long as they are 5 feet off of the ground.

But neighbors claim that brown has been dropping seeds on the ground in his yard- which apparently constitutes a misdemeanor.

Brown refuses to plead guilty, saying that the seeds fell from his feeders, and he doesn’t want a criminal offense on his record. Still, he’s removed them for the time being.

He faces up to 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.

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Uh, weren't the "Hobbits" the good guys?

Stupid Progressives...

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How the Tea Party ‘hobbits’ won the debt fight

The Tea Party came under fire from all sides Friday after House conservatives nearly brought down Speaker John Boehner’s debt-limit bill.  John McCain went to the Senate floor to mock Tea Partyers as “hobbits,” and Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen said Tea Party Republicans “are unfit for governing.”

What a difference a weekend makes.  The reported debt-limit deal appears to be a victory for the Tea Party. It includes around $1 trillion in spending cuts and creates a special committee of Congress to recommend cuts of $1.2 trillion more. If Congress does not approve those additional cuts by year’s end, automatic spending cuts go into effect. The package sets an important new precedent that debt-limit increases must be “paid for” with commensurate cuts in spending. According to Sen. Rob Portman, a former White House budget director, if we cut a dollar of spending for every dollar we raise the debt limit, we will balance the budget in 10 years — something that even the Paul Ryan budget would not achieve.  And all this is accomplished with no tax increases. Read more at www.washingtonpost.com

 

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And now they take over your food supply... Prepare for hunger....

AGENDA 21 UPDATE: FAMILY FARMS ARE UNDER ATTACK

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Is the US government starting to implement the policies of the United Nation’s plan for global management of people and resources known as Agenda 21?  The latest efforts out of the Department of Transportation (DOT) seem to indicate this is happening. And they are starting by targeting America’s farming communities with costly and oppressive regulations.

In Late May, the DOT proposed a rule change for farm equipment, and if it this allowed to take effect, it will place significant regulatory pressure on small farms and family farms all across America – costing them thousands of dollars and possibly forcing many of them out of business. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), part of the Department of Transportation (DOT), wants new standards that would require all farmers and everyone on the farm to obtain a CDL (Commercial Drivers License) in order to operate any farming equipment. The agency is going to accomplish this by reclassifying all farm vehicles and implements as Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs).

(It is also important to note here that DOT Secretary Ray LaHood holds a seat on the newly created White House Rural Council. A powerful group whose members have ties to George Soros and The Center For American Progress.)

The move by the DOT appears to be “legislation through regulation.” By reclassifying all farm vehicles and implements as Commercial Vehicles, the federal government will now be able to claim regulatory control over the estimated 800,000 farm workers in America, at the same time, overriding the rights of the states.

This proposed change literally means family farms could no longer legally allow young workers, not old enough to drive and seniors who no longer drive on the public streets, to operate a tractor… even on the family’s private property.

The proposed change also means ANYONE driving a tractor or operating any piece of motorized farming equipment would be forced to pass the same rigorous tests and fill out the same detailed forms and diaries required of semi-tractor trailer drivers. This reclassification would bury small farms and family farms in regulation and paperwork.

Some of the additional paperwork and regulation required:

Detailed logs would need to be kept by all drivers – hours worked, miles traveled, etc.

Vehicles would have to display DOT numbers

Drivers would need to pass a physical as well as a drug test – every two years.

“The proposed guidance by the FMCSA would result in an initial increased cost to each Wisconsin farmer and employee of $124 just for the CDL license, permit and test; not to mention the time and cost for the behind-the-wheel training that is several thousand dollars.” Read more at www.theblaze.com

 

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The Police State has arrived on Long Island... Please wake up....

Freedom of the Press... bye-bye....

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A videographer responsible for capturing news footage became the news on Friday, when he filmed part of his own arrest while trying to capture video of a police crime scene. But was it fair?

Phil Datz works for a third-party news outlet that tapes footage for other stations. On Friday, he was sent to capture the tail end of a police chase in Suffolk County, NY. But when he got there, one officer who claimed to be a 30-year veteran of the force wasn’t happy with his presence across the street. So he confronted Datz, telling him that Datz couldn’t film because the crime scene was “active.” A confused Datz respectfully tried to reason with the officer, but that didn’t work.

“I’ve been doing this for 30 years and there’s nothing you can hold over my head; go away” the officer who Datze refers to as “sergeant” can be heard telling Datz, who then gets in his car and moves a block away.

But that still wasn’t good enough for the officer. In Datz’s video, the cop can be seen speeding up to Datz’s new location, leaping out of his cruiser, and then telling Datz he is under arrest. Datz can be heard saying that he called the “PIO” — or public information officer — and he told him to keep filming. Then the footage stops: Read more at www.theblaze.com

 

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