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October 1, 2013

The Beltway Media Shuck-Down

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The central ploy in this well-worn narrative is to summon the will-o’-the-wisp of reasonable centrism.
In this fantasy of the pundit class, lawmakers are shaken out of their ideological stupors by a crisis, like a pending government shutdown. Then, much like a superhero SWAT team in the final reel of an action film, the newly awakened lawmakers set aside their core philosophical differences and strike a bargain that neither faction is satisfied with, but that, like Adam Smith’s fabled Invisible Hand, serves the greater public good. - - News | The Baffler

Question of the day: What is the opposite of shut down?

Answer of the day: Shut up! Had Enough Therapy?

Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 1, 2013 1:27 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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When Boehner gives in the phrase you will hear more than the word "shutdown" will be 'we didn't get everything we wanted but it's a good start and we will get more later'. They should throw everyone that believes that off the top of the Freedom Tower.

Posted by: Scott M at October 1, 2013 11:18 PM

we should try the next four years without a government. That has to be better than the current Charlie Foxtrot.

Posted by: Peccable at October 2, 2013 4:01 AM

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