That was the banner that was flown high atop the Big Apple this week and right over Manhattan. It was paid for by -- of all people -- a middle American in flyover territory. Imagine that.
She's single mother and investment banker Lucy Nobbe (pictured above) of St. Louis, Missouri. The banner of course is in reference to S&P's downgrade Friday of the federal government's Triple-A credit rating down to AA+. Video of the banner soaring over New York City has gone viral on the Net this week.
Nobbe says that "she was so angry about the way lawmakers argued and bickered over the debt ceiling, that she couldn't get it out of her head and then woke up on Sunday night with the idea." She says she "couldn't believe this [downgrade] happened," which she chalks up to members of congress from both parties "acting silly and being irresponsible."
Nobbe also says she "is not the type of person to actively protest or even wave banners, but thought it would be a good example for her daughters," aged 11 and 15. Said 11-year-old daughter Holly: "She definitely stands up, she is different than other moms."
Flying the banner over Metropolis reportedly set Nobbe back a cool 900 bucks, although she says the "flysign" company gave her a little break on the cost because they were impressed with the idea. She also says her idea to was to fly the banner over Washington DC, but it had to be switched to NYC since planes can't fly over the illustrious capitol city (for obvious reasons).
Doing a bit of looking around today, it appears that this story was largely being ignored by the leftist "mainstream" media and the right-winger conservative Net "media" alike (kudos to ABC News, CNN and a small handful of others for being exceptions). But that's not surprising:
Those entities only exist to drive you towards one of the two parties, not to rebel against both parties like I and others (and apparently Nobbe) do. The partisans and ideologues on both sides don't care for that sort of sentiment at all. They want you to join a side and turn over all free thought to group-think. Sorry, though. I've never have been much of a joiner (nor a brain-wash-ee).
And Nobbe's banner, BTW, is spot on, as discussed in this space previously: Both parties were warned by S&P what it would take to prevent a downgrade, and both parties ignored the warning. Both parties are therefore equally to blame for the downgrade. Pretty simple stuff. As is the fact that America could use a bona fide Independent candidate for president in 2012 like never before.
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