Can We Escape the Madness

The Tea Baggers have descended once again on Washington to decry the expansion of government and the deficit. Ironically, perhaps, the government expanded both physically and in terms of a massive deficit under the white president George Bush, but there were few cries of foul play. Maybe it was because he was fighting two wars to "protect" America while Obama et al. are trying to provide health coverage for those nasty poor people. Why don't they just work for a living!?! Really, we would rather bomb the brown people then give our tax dollars to strengthening America. I wish we could openly and honestly ask the question: what type of society do we want to live in?

Bullshit award co-winner of the week, House minority leader John Boehner made the erroneous claim that there is a rebellion occurring because 10,000 Tea Baggers showed up to DC on such short notice. Hey Boehner, I got some news for you, way more than that showed up to protest Prop 8's passage in California on even shorter notice. Of course, Boehner proceeded to fire the crowd up by quoting the Constitution...er, the Declaration of Independence, but whose keeping track? Such patriots we have who don't know the difference between the two documents! Not surprisingly, John Boehner's biggest career campaign donor...hold on...here it comes...INSURANCE companies!!!!! To a tune of $937,306

Our other co-winner of the coveted Bullshit award: Michele Bachmann, the captain and steward of this ship of fools. Her crusade against all things liberal is well known: she hopes to "defund" the liberals, and today led the Tea Bagger's protest noting they should bring their cameras, not pitchforks, and visit their House delegates. She, perhaps not ironically, has taken $207,450 from Insurance companies, her fourth biggest donor.

Looks like our Bullshit winners have a lot to lose if Health Care is passed. Their best friends are in trouble, and all the money in the world ain't saving them. The irony behind this whole discussion is this: we are talking about health care. Health care. Health care. We are talking about health care (Oh, and they are also against climate/environmental changes, which is absurd). This is what people are against!?! Giving other people universal care? Hell, all these unemployed people with no benefits should be for this proposal! Don't the Tea Baggers have jobs? I mean Boehner and Bachmann have the best health care the tax payers can buy, why can't I?