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JAP69 — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:36:42 GMT

You will no doubt see the tax increases come about in the WALA super committee.

Comment #2

sully16 — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:01:27 GMT

Chicago thuggery.

Comment #1

jarasan — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:29:24 GMT

Of course, that is the way the fascists have been operating now for over 2 and half years. The more they do it the more their true intentions and modus operandi are on display for even the not interested to see.

Original Blog Entry: Is S&P being intimidated?

time*treat — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:14:40 GMT

Senate panel reviewing S P downgrade -- Mon Aug 8, 2011

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/08/us-usa-debt-congress-idUSTRE7775UO20110808

(Reuters) - The Senate Banking committee has begun looking into last week's decision by Standard and Poor's to downgrade the U.S. credit rating, a committee aide told Reuters on Monday.

(Wouldn't you like to be able to do that in the private sector? Got a bad review? Hint that you might haul 'em in front of the Senate)

SEC Reviews S P Math, Possible Leak of Rating -- Sat Aug 12, 2011

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-13/sec-reviews-s-p-math-possible-leak-of-rating.html

The Securities and Exchange Commission is reviewing the method Standard Poor s used to cut the U.S. s credit rating and whether the firm properly protected the confidential decision, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

(Since when does the SEC know how to check someone else's math?)

Warren Buffett also criticized the rating company s decision, saying the U.S. merits a quadruple A rating, but how seriously can that be taken when his company owns over 10% of the competition?

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/mh?s=MCO+Major+Holders

The story ends before we find out what happened to the boy who pointed out the emperor was naked.

Apparently, he's given a sound flogging.

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