What simply amazes me is things like this:
However, Obama's chief political strategist, David Axelrod, blamed the conservative tea party movement for the S&P downgrade, saying the linking of a necessary debt ceiling increase to political debate on spending cuts caused the gridlock cited by the ratings agency.
... Axelrod said, adding: "The fact of the matter is that this is essentially a tea party downgrade."
On the same program, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina disputed Axelrod's contention, arguing that "the tea party's not the problem" and "Washington was broken before they got here."
He blamed Obama for a failure of leadership, calling the president "a casual observer at a time when he needs to be fully engaged."
I love how the dipshits in charge just keep pointing fingers. "IT'S YOUR FAULT!" "NO, IT'S
YOUR FAULT!"
How about they shut the fuck up and solve something? I wish I got paid as much as they do to bitch and whine and accomplish nothing.
And it's times like this that I wish I understood economics. But you really can't trust anyone to speak on behalf of the economy. Or on economics. It's amazing how so many different opinions on what to do/what will happen can resonate from people with a common educational background (one vested in econ) and yet they all still get paid to spout what essentially is an educated opinion.
(And the most frustrating thing in the world is when people start discussing economics or politics in a party setting. I don't discuss particles, physics, algorithms, mathematics, or anything else they find boring, why must they spout crap that's probably all incorrect and biased anyway?)
(And it's this subjectivity that is why I prefer physics and CS.)