lord help our fing scam. this has to be the stupidest place i have ever worked at. s&p is the stupidest place that everyone at s&p ath has ever worked at, and these two john chambers and david bearce have now taken their places as the worst political pundits in our midst. joining me now, former labor secretary under president clinton and professor of public policy at the university of california berkeley, robert reich, also the author of "after shock" which is also in paper a back. thank you for joining me tonight, robert. >> good evening, lawrence. >> the standard & poor's rating, as i read it, is nothing but a political adjudication made by people who know nothing about politics and also happen to have an absolutely horrific track record at doing what they are supposed to be doing for a living. what am i missing here?