It was inspired by this piece at Huffpo:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/06/aaa-credit-rating-countries-list-top-level_n_920211.html#s323854&title=AustraliaCountries With Higher Credit Ratings Than The U.S.: 24/7 Wall St.
First Posted: 8/6/11 02:55 PM ET Updated: 8/6/11 02:55 PM ET
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S&P still has a triple-A rating on Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Other triple-A nations like Guernsey, Isle of Man, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg we left out due to their small size and dependence upon other nations. Moody’s ratings were also used to make sure that the discrepancies are not overlooked.
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and here's my favorite comment:
farmerlady
Commented 3 hours ago in Business
“But.....but......these countries are all SOCIALIST. Socialism DOESN'T WORK and NEVER HAS no matter HOW OFTEN it has been tried.
I know this is true 'cause I read that 300 times a day in these comments.
but wait, there's more: this is all a PLOT of the lamestreamedia and furthermore, it's ALL Obama's fault.
There. I think that about covers it. No need to post now, righties, I've done all the work for today.”