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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:19 AM Original message |
The word for the next few days is "brinkmanship." |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'll cut Boehner some slack. His congressional aides, recently out of college, |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. God! The thought of the country's financial future being in the hands |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. I prefer to call it "Suicide Planning" |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. Boehner is playing chicken with Reid |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. It's actually too late, real damage has been done |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. Whatever happens this week, US Treasury bonds will be downgraded |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I'm afraid you're right. We have lost our standing as a relatively sane |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I agree that is the serious long-term result |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The "new normal". America crashing into the reality of it's rightward shift, and the |
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