<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - downgrade</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/downgrade</link><description>Newsvine - downgrade</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:05:49 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:24:41 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Ratings agency lashes Britain over worsening debt</title>
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LONDON &mdash; Fitch placed Britain&rsquo;s AAA rating on review for a downgrade on Friday, a blow to the government just days after it presented an austere budget it argued would put the country on a path to recovery.
Fitch Ratings said it was putting the U.K. on &ldquo;ratin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17429866-ratings-agency-lashes-britain-over-worsening-debt</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17429866-ratings-agency-lashes-britain-over-worsening-debt</guid><category>britain</category><category>economy</category><category>politics</category><category>downgrade</category><category>fitch</category><category>aaa-rating</category><category>moodys-investor-service</category><category>royal-charter</category><category>rating-watch</category><category>pete-mcmartin</category><category>austere-budget</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:05:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome9DC70878-6888-EB83-DCAA-7C1764DC9C6C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome9DC70878-6888-EB83-DCAA-7C1764DC9C6C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Time Warner Cable Downgraded Again</title>
<description><![CDATA[In February Yahoo finance and Zack's Equity Research downgraded Time Warner Cable (TWC). "We are downgrading our recommendation on Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC)  to Unde rperform backed by the company&rsquo;s weak financial guidance for  2013. The company is losing video subscribe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[iONRETAIL]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[iONRETAIL]]></source><link>http://ionretail1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17181475-time-warner-cable-downgraded-again</link><guid>http://ionretail1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17181475-time-warner-cable-downgraded-again</guid><category>business</category><category>time-warner</category><category>ethics</category><category>leadership</category><category>downgrade</category><category>twc</category><category>customer-retention</category><category>stock-value</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama's S&amp;P Suit Smacks Of Vendetta</title>
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Staring at a another debt ceiling crisis, the president's punishing the one credit rating agency that dared downgrade U.S. debt in the last crisis.
And Wall Street analysts say the timing's no coincidence.
&nbsp;
Just weeks away from the next debt-limit showdown, the Justice&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16912039-obamas-sp-suit-smacks-of-vendetta</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16912039-obamas-sp-suit-smacks-of-vendetta</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>downgrade</category><category>vendetta</category><category>regime</category><category>s-p</category><category>debt-ceiling</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2013 18:31:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinC9BEA511-84E0-563C-BE7D-7D49E567D8F3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="171" width="309" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinC9BEA511-84E0-563C-BE7D-7D49E567D8F3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>RUSH on contracting economy: If a Republican were in the White House they'd be doing impeachment hearings now </title>
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Rush noted on his show today that instead of the 4th quarter of 2012 growing at a rate of 1.1% like they told us, it actually shrank and Democrats are talking about how it&rsquo;s the best looking contraction they&rsquo;ve ever seen &ndash; and the media is just repeating that.&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16785196-rush-on-contracting-economy-if-a-republican-were-in-the-white-house-theyd-be-doing-impeachment-hearings-now</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16785196-rush-on-contracting-economy-if-a-republican-were-in-the-white-house-theyd-be-doing-impeachment-hearings-now</guid><category>economy</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>republican</category><category>downgrade</category><category>democrat</category><category>rush-limbaugh</category><category>decline</category><category>contraction</category><category>great-recession</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:17:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Surprise: Obamacare-wary employers not hiring, cutting hours </title>
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Many businesses plan to bring on more part-time workers next year, trim the hours of full-time employees or curtail hiring because of the new health care law, human resource firms say.&nbsp;Their actions could further dampen job growth, which already is threatened by possible f&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/04/16352580-surprise-obamacare-wary-employers-not-hiring-cutting-hours</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/04/16352580-surprise-obamacare-wary-employers-not-hiring-cutting-hours</guid><category>jobs</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>downgrade</category><category>employment</category><category>democrat</category><category>coverage</category><category>decline</category><category>obamacare</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Jan 2013 18:52:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama Says Fiscal Cliff Deal Will Reduce Deficit (Deal Adds $4 Trillion to Deficit) </title>
<description><![CDATA[
It took President Obama less than 24 hours to&nbsp;release&nbsp;a campaign video bragging about the &ldquo;fiscal cliff&rdquo; agreement and explaining what&rsquo;s in the bill and what it means for you.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16325977-obama-says-fiscal-cliff-deal-will-reduce-deficit-deal-adds-4-trillion-to-deficit</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16325977-obama-says-fiscal-cliff-deal-will-reduce-deficit-deal-adds-4-trillion-to-deficit</guid><category>savings</category><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>deal</category><category>debt</category><category>downgrade</category><category>democrat</category><category>decline</category><category>trillion</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Jan 2013 16:42:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nearly 90,000 Apply For Disability, December Record; SSDI 8.8 Million </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Nearly 90,000 workers signed up for federal disability benefits in December &mdash; the biggest increase for that month in the program's history &mdash; according to data released Friday by the Social Security Administration.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/22/16089539-nearly-90000-apply-for-disability-december-record-ssdi-88-million</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/22/16089539-nearly-90000-apply-for-disability-december-record-ssdi-88-million</guid><category>economy</category><category>jobs</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>record</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>downgrade</category><category>democrat</category><category>disability</category><category>government-benefits</category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:29:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-888892391291-44B1-302E-2722-F68694949A7C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="212" width="345" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-888892391291-44B1-302E-2722-F68694949A7C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>State Dept: U.S. Economy 'Going to Get Downgraded' </title>
<description><![CDATA[In 2011, ratings agency Standard &amp; Poor's downgraded the U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mr. Mann-3250123]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mr. Mann-3250123]]></source><link>http://mrmann3250123.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15056250-state-dept-us-economy-going-to-get-downgraded</link><guid>http://mrmann3250123.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15056250-state-dept-us-economy-going-to-get-downgraded</guid><category>politics</category><category>state-department</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>downgrade</category><category>macroeconomic-analysis</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2012 22:10:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MrMann3250123CDBE1486-6F27-F7AF-CECF-10FA06DFEA56.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MrMann3250123CDBE1486-6F27-F7AF-CECF-10FA06DFEA56.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fitch Ratings threatens to downgrade the US's credit rating. </title>
<description><![CDATA[
As you no doubt remember, the President has&nbsp;already&nbsp;managed to get the country&rsquo;s credit rating downgraded by Standard &amp; Poor; and if Fitch goes then Moody&rsquo;s is probably not too far behind. So the President&rsquo;s under a little bit of pressure, here&h&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15021497-fitch-ratings-threatens-to-downgrade-the-uss-credit-rating</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15021497-fitch-ratings-threatens-to-downgrade-the-uss-credit-rating</guid><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>fitch-ratings</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>downgrade</category><category>democrat</category><category>moodys</category><category>standard-and-poor</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 13:52:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>      Obamanomics: Long-Term Unemployment Rate Jumps To 40.6%</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The long-term unemployment rate rose to 40.6 percent in October, up from September&rsquo;s level of 40.1 percent of the total unemployed, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday.
Long-term unemployment is unemployment lasting for 27 consecutive weeks o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14884415-obamanomics-long-term-unemployment-rate-jumps-to-406</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14884415-obamanomics-long-term-unemployment-rate-jumps-to-406</guid><category>campaign</category><category>jobs</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>political</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>downgrade</category><category>statistics</category><category>democrat</category><category>bls</category><category>obamanomics</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:41:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title> Barack Obama and Other Has-Beens </title>
<description><![CDATA[
a second term will mean four years of spent ideas packaged in shopworn rhetoric, to be shoved down the national throat by a president with nothing politically to lose.
Sound appealing?
&nbsp;
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14804367-barack-obama-and-other-has-beens</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14804367-barack-obama-and-other-has-beens</guid><category>campaign</category><category>election</category><category>ideas</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>political</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>romney</category><category>downgrade</category><category>democrat</category><category>degrade</category><category>has-been</category><category>reublican</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:01:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Bad Night for Obama </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Two themes predominated this debate and will be addressed in the next two sessions: For so long Barack Obama has assumed that he will not face cross-examination from the media that he simply has little grasp of policy details, and in exasperation seems to look around for the ac&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14218021-a-bad-night-for-obama</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14218021-a-bad-night-for-obama</guid><category>economy</category><category>campaign</category><category>jobs</category><category>issues</category><category>debate</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>unemployment</category><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>downgrade</category><category>downturn</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2012 10:47:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ratings Agency Downgrades U.S. Credit</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Downgraded.&nbsp;Again.&nbsp; Citing the&nbsp;most recent&nbsp;round of stimulus, the ratings agency Egan-Jones on Friday gave the U.S. a credit rating of AA-, down from its solid AA rating
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/15/13881868-ratings-agency-downgrades-us-credit</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/15/13881868-ratings-agency-downgrades-us-credit</guid><category>economy</category><category>credit-rating</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>bernanke</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>republican</category><category>downgrade</category><category>democrat</category><category>aa</category><category>quantitiative-easing</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 14:04:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Moody's may join S&amp;P in downgrading US rating</title>
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Unless the congress and president can reach an agreement by the end of the year to avoid the "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and sequestration, Moody's rating agency will downgrade the US Triple A designation
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/12/13828665-moodys-may-join-sp-in-downgrading-us-rating</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/12/13828665-moodys-may-join-sp-in-downgrading-us-rating</guid><category>congress</category><category>economy</category><category>campaign</category><category>rating</category><category>taxes</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>downgrade</category><category>democrat</category><category>moodys</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:41:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-88884884896F-AFFB-F016-FD9C-07B91D06FD83.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="175" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-88884884896F-AFFB-F016-FD9C-07B91D06FD83.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Just No Good News at All': Retail Sales Fall More Than Expected as Economy Weakens</title>
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The outlook for the U.S. economy appeared dimmer Monday after a report that Americans spent less at retail businesses for a third straight month in June.The report led some economists to downgrade their estimates for economic growth in the April-June quarter. Many now think the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/16/12777157-just-no-good-news-at-all-retail-sales-fall-more-than-expected-as-economy-weakens</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/16/12777157-just-no-good-news-at-all-retail-sales-fall-more-than-expected-as-economy-weakens</guid><category>economy</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>disaster</category><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>downgrade</category><category>democrat</category><category>gdp</category><category>downturn</category><category>sluggish</category><category>jobs-unemployment</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:17:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title> Obama To Shift Focus From Dismal Jobs Outlook To Raising Taxes</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Hey look, when you&rsquo;ve got nothing to show for over three years of effort (such that it is) on the economy, you&rsquo;re pretty much left with demagoguery. That&rsquo;s exactly what President Obama is going to attempt, by talking about &ldquo;tax fairness.&rdquo;
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/09/12646548-obama-to-shift-focus-from-dismal-jobs-outlook-to-raising-taxes</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/09/12646548-obama-to-shift-focus-from-dismal-jobs-outlook-to-raising-taxes</guid><category>economy</category><category>jobs</category><category>taxes</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>dismal</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>downgrade</category><category>democrat</category><category>downturn</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Jul 2012 21:21:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama's Excuses Are Getting Weaker </title>
<description><![CDATA[
President Obama&rsquo;s response to the latest dismal federal jobs report was as predictable as it was weak. Speaking on his bus tour of Ohio, he repeated the theme we&rsquo;ve heard so often since January 2009: It&rsquo;s not his fault. Only this time he not only heaped blame &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/08/12622440-obamas-excuses-are-getting-weaker</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/08/12622440-obamas-excuses-are-getting-weaker</guid><category>economy</category><category>jobs</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>dismal</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>downgrade</category><category>democrat</category><category>devastating</category><category>downturn</category><category>weak</category><category>anemic</category><pubDate>Sun, 8 Jul 2012 06:10:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-8888A2559504-6720-6503-1CD8-BB2964B96B98.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="73" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-8888A2559504-6720-6503-1CD8-BB2964B96B98.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="22" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Summer Slump Siphons Hopes For Obama Surge</title>
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(There was a) surprisingly steep drop in manufacturing output in June. The measure slipped into negative territory for the first time since the American economy technically escaped recession three years ago.
The hope on the blue team after their 2010 catastrophe was that the e&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/04/12555145-summer-slump-siphons-hopes-for-obama-surge</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/04/12555145-summer-slump-siphons-hopes-for-obama-surge</guid><category>economy</category><category>jobs</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>romney</category><category>downgrade</category><category>manufacturing</category><category>democrat</category><category>headwinds</category><category>downturn</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Jul 2012 06:32:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-88887FB41461-C97A-576A-9424-537396D118A4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="128" width="128" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-88887FB41461-C97A-576A-9424-537396D118A4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Top Dem.: 'I Think It's a Depression'&quot;</title>
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A top Democratic congressman, Rep. Henry Waxman, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, says that we're living through a "depression"
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/02/12528311-top-dem-i-think-its-a-depression</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/02/12528311-top-dem-i-think-its-a-depression</guid><category>economy</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>disaster</category><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>depression</category><category>downgrade</category><category>democrat</category><category>recession</category><category>waxman</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Jul 2012 19:40:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-88880CA82275-1028-0A36-797D-BFFD6D1D1D86.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1" width="1" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-88880CA82275-1028-0A36-797D-BFFD6D1D1D86.jpg&amp;width=120" width="1" height="1" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Moody's Should &quot;Downgrade Congress&quot;</title>
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Last summer, August 5 to be exact, Standard &amp; Poor's dropped the rating of United States debt below AAA for the first time in history. This year, with our flippers and masks barely out of the pool equipment room, Moody's downgraded the ratings of fifteen mega banks, includi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Desert Rattler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Desert Rattler]]></source><link>http://the-desert-rattler.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/30/12499449-moodys-should-downgrade-congress</link><guid>http://the-desert-rattler.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/30/12499449-moodys-should-downgrade-congress</guid><category>congress</category><category>wall-street</category><category>arizona</category><category>money</category><category>democrats</category><category>gop</category><category>banks</category><category>phoenix</category><category>us-news</category><category>downgrade</category><category>washington-dc</category><category>top-news</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>moodys</category><category>standard-and-poors</category><category>2012-election</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2012 18:33:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-desert-rattler185A4E34-7E38-BBC4-366D-1A331538F96C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-desert-rattler185A4E34-7E38-BBC4-366D-1A331538F96C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New York Times: Jay Carney Made an Angry Phone Call to Fox Exec. Following Fox and Friends Anti-Obama Video</title>
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the four-minute clip featured a series of &ldquo;then and now&rdquo; comparisons, including the national debt, jobless rate and gas prices. It was met with heavy criticism from both sides of the political spectrum: Media Matters&nbsp;said&nbsp;it &ldquo;crossed a new ethical li&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/22/12359127-new-york-times-jay-carney-made-an-angry-phone-call-to-fox-exec-following-fox-and-friends-anti-obama-video</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/22/12359127-new-york-times-jay-carney-made-an-angry-phone-call-to-fox-exec-following-fox-and-friends-anti-obama-video</guid><category>economy</category><category>jobs</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>deficit</category><category>change</category><category>reality</category><category>debt</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>downgrade</category><category>democrat</category><category>hope</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:24:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gamechanger: Obama rocks America with speech everyone's heard 50 times before; Update: Panned by MSNBC?</title>
<description><![CDATA[It took 54 agonizing minutes, the only silver lining of which is that the RNC will have plenty of material for the inevitable &ldquo;you&rsquo;ve heard this all before&rdquo; ad tomorrow.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/15/12230609-gamechanger-obama-rocks-america-with-speech-everyones-heard-50-times-before-update-panned-by-msnbc</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/15/12230609-gamechanger-obama-rocks-america-with-speech-everyones-heard-50-times-before-update-panned-by-msnbc</guid><category>economy</category><category>jobs</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>speech</category><category>disaster</category><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>romney</category><category>downgrade</category><category>democrat</category><category>retread</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:34:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Unemployment at 8.2 % (and Rising!) Is FINE, Mr. President?</title>
<description><![CDATA[While pushing Congress to pass the $831 billion stimulus package in 2009, President Obama promised that millions of jobs would be created, and or saved, and that the nation&rsquo;s unemployment rate would fall to less than 8.0 %.
Three years on, there are 23 million unemployed, &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12187407-unemployment-at-82-and-rising-is-fine-mr-president</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12187407-unemployment-at-82-and-rising-is-fine-mr-president</guid><category>jobs</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>deficit</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>growth</category><category>downgrade</category><category>democrat</category><category>gdp</category><category>stimulus</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:43:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Outlook: An Economy Built to Stall </title>
<description><![CDATA[With a third slowdown in three years, maybe the problem is the policies?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/03/12032877-outlook-an-economy-built-to-stall</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/03/12032877-outlook-an-economy-built-to-stall</guid><category>economy</category><category>jobs</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>gop</category><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>republican</category><category>downgrade</category><category>democrat</category><category>downturn</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Jun 2012 12:44:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama's Fantasy Politics Fooling Fewer and Fewer Americans</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/28/11918435-obamas-fantasy-politics-fooling-fewer-and-fewer-americans</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/28/11918435-obamas-fantasy-politics-fooling-fewer-and-fewer-americans</guid><category>economy</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>gop</category><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>voters</category><category>republican</category><category>downgrade</category><category>democrat</category><category>policies</category><category>downturn</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 12:44:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>