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In the emerging commentary and analysis of the debt ceiling "debate" and it's "solution", a confusion exists as to what the economic crisis actually was before this deal was reached and the subsequent downgrade of our credit rating by S&P.

On the one hand, there are those, the current administration included, who seek to blame the S&P itself for this action, but that won't wash. Why not? For the simple reason that the S&P, among other ratings agencies, warned the…

It is interesting that since our suppossed 'solution' to the debt crisis with this newest sellout, er., I mean "agreement", other nations have taken to lecturing the U.S. on fiscal responsibility.

Witness this quote from China.  It has been noted in many reports, this one found on Yahoo News.

"China, the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt, took the world's economic superpower to task for allowing its fiscal house to get into such disarray. ...'The U.S. government has…

Today in http://netrightdaily.com , Robert Romero writes an insightful article on the debt ceiling "debate" (The $1Billion Trillion Dollar Cut) in which he analyzes the DOA House plan of Speaker Boehner & Co. in terms of what the actual budget cuts are for the first year, compared to the rise in the debt ceiling agreed to in the plan for the first year.  Romero writes:

"A …

Last week, Citizen magazine ran an article about the administration defending the concept of 'rationing boards"  Here is a quote from that piece:

"Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius appeared before two House committees this week, trying to testify on controversial aspects of ObamaCare.  At issue: The Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) that’s made up of 15 presidential appointees — a majority of whom are required to be a nonphysicians —  who have the power…