excerpts from the Lay of Healthcare

And lo, there arose from the depths the great monster, Boondoggleous Takeover Bill, or the great Reformicus Rex--depending on who's shouting at you--and with him, Skullduggerous Nancy, she of Cackle and Gavel, or Pelosi Handmaiden of Justice-for-All, depending on which blogs you read. Together they bestrode The Bought and Paid for Representatives of the Marxist-Socialist America-Hating Special Interests OR the Democratically Elected Representatives of the Will of (Especially) the (Under-rich) People, and either Micturated from a Great Height on the Bent-But-Not-Broken remnant of True Patriots and also the elderly, OR delivered the Stroke of Equal Access and Amelioration of All Woes in a wonderful sweet rain of justice and non-ideological pragmatic its all for the good statesmanship.

Whereupon the heavens turned to blood (or lollipops) and opened, and, depending on where you're sitting, rained down either a deluge of Burning Constitutions and the Sulfurous Tears of Those-Waiting-in-Lines, or Affordable Prescriptions and the Laughter of Those With Preexisting Conditions Whose Lives Will be Spared (or Covered) Just Long Enough Not to Have to Pay for All of This.

And behold! the Catastrophic/Historic Monster/King was met with such a firestorm of Vituperative Tweeting and/or Encomium-ing Facebookery that, verily, The Internet nearly exploded. "It is Meet and Good that our Great Leader Shouldst Betake Himself to teh Reforming of Healthcare! FTW! LOLZ" said one. "Lament! Lament with An Angry Voice 4 Our Citadel is Betrayed and Our Country is Toast & Kansas Has Lost & My Bracket is Ruined! :-( twote another.

Meanwhile, the Unemployment Rate was Still Nearly 10%. Fear not gentle reader! For ever and anon do the Wheels of What We're Paying Attention To turn, and soon The Mighty Warriors of Right and Left (or Wrong, depending on who's SHOUTING AT YOU) will Begirdle their Loins and begin again the Sacred Dance of Name Calling Demagoguery, each from The High Ground whilst they Lament the Unseemly Dissembling and Hate Speech of those Nasty Republidemocransicats.