“The reign of morons began with the triumph of bullshit.” Charles Pierce, Esquire Magazine
By Doug Porter
Over the last few days the conservative pundit class has been preaching the message that the government shutdown was much ado about nothing. A ‘slim down’ became the Fox news codeword meant to belittle the ever-growing cumulative effects of the Congressional Republican’s efforts to hold the country hostage.
Word came out this morning that this weekend’s Miramar Air Show, already truncated by sequester mandated cutbacks in military spending, would now be cancelled. I have no doubt that the local Tea Party set will soon be announcing the closure was personally ordered by President Obama.