Read this on the Web at http://patriotpost.us/edition/2011/08/10/chronicle/ Subscribe to The Patriot Post — It's Right and It's FREE: click here . Chronicle · August 10, 2011 The Foundation "I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection." --Thomas Paine Editorial Exegesis The Obama road "Whatever one thinks of the credit-rating agencies -- and we aren't admirers -- it serves no good purpose to shoot the fiscal messengers. Friday's downgrade by Standard & Poor's of U.S. long-term debt to AA+ from AAA will be the first of many such humiliations if Washington doesn't change its economic and fis...