Baby Killers!

It was a somewhat depressing weekend.

Yes, we took a giant step towards passing some very minimal, common-sense health-insurance reform, but here's what else I saw-

- I saw tea-baggers spitting on a black member of Congress as they tried to get into the Capitol building, and then start chanting "Kill the nigger! Kill the nigger!"

- I saw the same Republican legislators who were completely in favor of spending trillions of dollars for two illegal, immoral, unnecessary, brutal wars of aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan argue that spending any money to care for the health of US citizens costs too much.

- I heard Newt Gingrich, a respected leader of the Republicans, declare that the Democrats had made "their biggest mistake since LBJ passed Civil Rights legislation".

- I watched debate on the House floor degenerate to the point where House members were shouting "Baby killers" at other members.

I saw that America remains a divided country, with a vast pool of very sick, twisted, delusional individuals who revel in hatred, illogic and small-mindedness, and are being led by one of our two major political parties. And I se that we have a growing 3rd party movement who differ from the Republicans only in that they don't think the current Republicans are twisted, bigoted, or small-minded enough.

I watch tv and see massively-popular media entertainers like Glenn Beck openly push hatred and conspiracy and violence in a way that can only lead one to conclude that they are trying to goad some sick individual into assassinating the President and other Democratic leaders.

I fear for our country.

I really do.