Just when did we all go crazy?"

Today's "Some Assembly Required" begins with -- "Just when did we all go crazy?"

I think if anything is going to reduce America to a second or third rate power it's the INSANITY that grips much of the public, the Republican Party, various other political figures, various and sundry "pundits" and the glorification of IGNORANCE while nostril deep in "the latest technology".

Anyway, here are some other bits from "Some Assembly Required" - please follow link to original.
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Barefoot and Pregnant: The Republicans convened an all-male hearing on health insurance contraceptive coverage, saying it wasn't a women's health issue but one of freedom of religion. No doctors need apply, either. Let's all go to Rio, where the government is handing out 3 million condoms for Carnival!

Asked & Answered: How do Walmart, McDonald's and Starbucks feel about paying their employees so little that most of them qualify for food stamps?? Profitable.

Paying The Piper: The Republicans will go along with a slimmed-down version of extended jobless benefits, but only if federal employees contribute more towards their pensions, plus cuts in Medicare fees paid to hospitals and specialists.

Penny/Pound: The Obama budget will eliminate the only national program that regularly tests our fruits and vegetable for things like e-coli. What could go wrong?

Denouement: All those MF Global customers can relax, it turns out that their money was not vaporized. In fact it's not even actually missing. It has been stolen. Twice. By bankers, who want to steal it one more time.
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There's a lot more --- go there.