Standards and Poors prolly hasn't even thought of the 'tea party' when they made that decision. They may have said that was a FACET in their decision, but their main decision to downgrade was the debt obligations that have f*cking exploded since Bush took office, and are moving at an even faster rate since Obama took office. I mean sure it has to do with politics, but the political gridlock was just coincidence.
Correlation in this case doesn't equal causation. You're trying to spin the story into some petty tea party argument when really it's a monetary issue, has to do with the Fed and laxed interest rates, corporate lobbying. So no, I can tell you you don't understand the issue, so you and everybody like you who are babbling on about the tea party should shut the f*ck up, kthx.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.