When a Country Goes Insane

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By Robert Freeman

This must be what it’s like when a country goes insane, when it falls down a rabbit hole and tries to pretend that everything is normal.

It can’t tell truths from lies. Hucksters pose as upright men, and people imagine they are Solons, avatars of insight come down from the ages. Sleazy operators pass themselves off as statesmen, as thinkers of deep gravitas, and the crowds, unable to distinguish sanctimony from sincerity, bravado from bullshit, lap it up.

Let’s be clear. It was the Republicans who wrecked the economy. Both their people and their policies drove the economy into the ditch. They wrecked the economy not once, but twice in the last eighty years.

So Republicans condescending to instruct Americans about how to fix the economy is like the captain of the Titanic lecturing shipping operators about safe procedures for navigating the north Atlantic. No sane society would tolerate it. But this one does.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/21-5

[midnight]

1. And now that the titanic is going down... It's the poor they are leaving without life boats....

[Jackpine Radical]

2. As always.

We're in steerage on the Ship of State.

Our lifeboats had to be reallocated to avoid overcrowding the wealthy.

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3. Kick for an excellent article!

[tk2kewl]

4. It was the Republicans who wrecked the economy.

...and for the most part the Democrats stood by and let it happen

[Amonester]

10. Many cashed-in a lot of cash.

And I mean, a lot of it.

Of course, campaigns are costly, but... still...

[bigmonkey]

5. We're taking on water! Quick, drill more holes to let the water out!

Three Stooges governance.

[zehnkatzen]

6. If only you weren't preaching to the choir here. You are so right. n/t k/r

[Homer03]

7. Perfect

I am going to have this printed on little cards and keep them in my pocket to hand to the ever present Repug that wants to flap his jib at me as if I'm another Limbaugh listener.

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8. KICK for more to see

[roxiejules]

9. K&R!

Sin doesn't count if it is done in the pursuit of profit.

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11. KICK