"That sound you hear is the relentless, irrepressible march of change. Welcome to America: The Remix

[impik]

...The far-right extremists have gone into conniptions.

The bullying, threats, and acts of violence following the passage of health care reform have been shocking, but they’re only the most recent manifestations of an increasing sense of desperation.

It’s an extension of a now-familiar theme: some version of “take our country back.” The problem is that the country romanticized by the far right hasn’t existed for some time, and its ability to deny that fact grows more dim every day. President Obama and what he represents has jolted extremists into the present and forced them to confront the future. And it scares them.

Even the optics must be irritating. A woman (Nancy Pelosi) pushed the health care bill through the House. The bill’s most visible and vocal proponents included a gay man (Barney Frank) and a Jew (Anthony Weiner). And the black man in the White House signed the bill into law. It’s enough to make a good old boy go crazy...


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/opinion/27blow.html?ref=opinion

[Cha]

1. I love this America..

the teabaggers had bushcheney for 8 years and never complained so that's all I need to know.

[treestar]

2. Amen, Cha!

Their "America" had nothing to do with the Constitution, either, and they don't even get that.