This sums up the insanity in America quite nicely.

[Alexism - Atheoist]

"This is all about stopping a law that increases taxes on rich people and reduces subsidies to private insurers in Medicare in order to help low-income Americans buy health insurance. That’s it. That’s why the Republican Party might shut down the government and default on the debt."

Given that 95% of the wealth created since Wall St. collapsed has gone to the top 1% (gee, thanks Obama you commie socialist, marxist, redistributionist err umm yeah...) the drama over this really shows that the class war is raging in earnest..

[Classic Jorge]