"Shutting Down Government" Begs The Question: "Which Government?"

"Shutting down government" begs the question, "Which government?" 

The nominal democracy? 

Or the substantive plutocracy?

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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" 

http://www.amazon.com/Where-Right-Went-Wrong-Neoconservatives/dp/0312341156/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381295072&sr=8-1&keywords=where+the+right+went+wrong 

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"The Daily Show Asks A Real Hostage Negotiator How To Handle The GOP"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/watch-daily-show-ask-real-hostage.html

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

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-reign-of-morons-is-here-atlantic.html

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

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-southerner-explains-tea-party.html

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"What Do You Hate More? Poverty Or Obama? Brought To You By Spite"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/jon-stewart-what-do-you-hate-more.html

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

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/diane-rehm-show-possible-repercussions.html

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

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-great-recession-ate-40-of-americans.html

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

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-shutdown-is-republican-civil-war-by.html

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Republican Rule And Economic Catastrophe: A Lockstep Relationship"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/05/republican-rule-and-economic.html 

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"Jon Stewart Takes John Boehner To Task"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/malala-yousafzai-leaves-jon-stewart.html

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"Politics and Economics: The 101 Courses You Wish You Had"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/01/politics-and-economics-101-curricula.html 

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"Republicans for Revolution," A Study In Anarchic Apocalypticism

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/republicans-for-revolution-study-in.html

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"Sarah Palin As The Mad Hatter" (Image)

http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2010/09/16/sarah-pallin-straight-jacket/sarah-pallin-straight-jacket-2/

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"Shocking Development: Republicans Shut Down Prefrontal Cortex"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/shocking-development-republicans-shut.html

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"American Conservatives And Oppositional Defiant Disorder"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/arrested-development-american.html

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

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/catastrophic-consequences-of-us-default.html

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"Conservatives Scare More Easily Than Liberals"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/07/conservatives-scare-more-easily-than.html

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

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/jon-stewart-nails-gops-crazed-demands.html