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Originally Posted by GRH

And notice how the part about the Boehner proposal leading to a credit downgrade-- that didn't warrant a response.

As Thomas Gray wrote in Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College:

... where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.

Of course, deliberately ignoring something of import is downright irresponsible, not to mention dangerous.