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Jon Stewart opened Monday's "Daily Show" by addressing the government shutdown, and placed the blame squarely on the House Republicans for going to great lengths in their one-sided fight against the Affordable Care Act, which he mockingly called "The End of America as We Know It for Reasons No One is Able to Clearly Explain."
"You're just throwing words together," he exclaimed in response to a montage of Republicans rattling off their love of the Constitution to show their hatred of Obamacare, and then those lawmakers blasting Obama for failing to compromise. "It's a f**king law!" he said, pointing out that all three branches of government had thus far upheld the law.
He then compared the Republicans to a losing football team. "Did you see the Giants game on Sunday?" he asked. "They lost 31-7. Do you know what the Giants didn't say after that game? 'If you don't give us 25 more points by midnight on Monday, we will shut down the f**king NFL.'"

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Republican presidential candidate, Pat Buchanan, the living American who has served longest as a White House senior staff adviser, observed: “The Republican philosophy might be summarized thus: To hell with principle; what matters is power, and that we have it, and that they do not.” “Where the Right Went Wrong" 

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"The Reign of Morons Is Here," Charles P. Pierce, The Atlantic

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"A Southerner Explains Tea Party Radicalism: The Civil War Is Not Over"


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Diane Rehm's Brilliant Panel Discussion: "Possible Repercussions Of A U.S. Debt Default At Home And Abroad"

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"The Great Recession Vaporized 40% Of Americas's Net Worth. The Tea Party Intends Worse."

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"The Shutdown Is A Republican Civil War" by Ezra Klein


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 Republican Rule And Economic Catastrophe: A Lockstep Relationship"

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 "Politics and Economics: The 101 Courses You Wish You Had"
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"Republicans for Revolution," A Study In Anarchic Apocalypticism

 "Sarah Palin As The Mad Hatter" (Image)

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"Shocking Development: Republicans Shut Down Prefrontal Cortex"

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"American Conservatives And Oppositional Defiant Disorder"

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"Catastrophic Consequences Of A U.S. Debt Default Explained, Including A Depression"

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"Conservatives Scare More Easily Than Liberals"

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"Jon Stewart Nails GOP Demands For Re-Opening Government"