[audio:https://www.johndavisconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JDPR-Beatings-Will-Continue.mp3|titles=JDPR Beatings Will Continue] Post: August 4, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 19 “We’ve earned the threat of a downgrade.  If we don’t make significant changes in the way we operate; if we don’t cut spending on entitlements, if we don’t make real cuts in defense spending, if we don’t reform the tax code, then we…