The Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution states that the US will pay its debts.

Even Sen McCain is fed up with the TP, and says that, "One way or another, our debt ceiling will be raised...", (as it was raised seven times for Bush, four times for Clinton, and I think under Reagan they did it 17 times!).

It is quite disappointing to see our politics in such a sad state. The Republicans have no good leadership. I doubt M. Bachman could pass our citizenship test (and I imagine most Brits know our history better than she). It seems no one wants to make a strong effort when they'll likely lose to Obama.

Repubs got control of Congress on a jobs agenda. Yet they have spent their time in government giving tax breaks to the rich and subsidies to oil companies; while fighting same-sex marriage, abortion, unions, and anything Obama wants to do. Not one jobs bill. Taxes are the lowest they've been in 100 years, while the job market is the worst I've see in my lifetime. (I recently returned to a part-time teaching job that pays the same rate as when I last worked there - 15 yrs ago (and they pay a higher rate than their competetors!).

ObamaCare was Richard Nixon's idea - made less socialistic (Nixon wanted all employers to pay for healthcare). The Bush plan called for forcing everyone to buy insurance; that and his "public option" are necessary to make the system work. But like every other Republican idea that Obama wants to put into practice, suddenly it's an horrific idea that "the American people don't want" (so they tell us).

After Sir Paul received a medal from Obama, he said that, "Billions of people are supporting you and hope for your success". Alas, I don't think enough Americans understand the message.


Any hope of R Murdoch going to jail? Another of Nixon's ideas; to use a television news channel as a propaganda medium. (Funny how people still refer to the news media as left-wing, jewish-controlled, and having a liberal bias.)

Hi Blackhorse 70 (& Peerless)

First of all about Murdoch, it is highly unlikely that Murdoch or his son John will ever see the inside of a jail cell, it is more likely that a few more minions are likely to be done for phone hacking and maybe email interception (I don't know yet what these infringements are called, i.e. what laws are broken).

As for America, something is broken and it seems, from this side of the ocean, that a bunch of loonies are holding the country to ransom for their own political ends.

But what I cannot understand is, whether you like the current president or not, to take such a suicidal stand, with the country's well being at stake, is just sheer insanity. Saying that, this is what happens when intolerant (and borderline crazy) people are voted into positions of power that they should not have in the first place, they hold the country, and the world economy, hostage because they cannot see or feel anything beyond their own noses.



UK Bob