This is going to be a short comment. In light of the GOP latest overt attempt to cause a general state of emergency by shutting down the government (Government Shutdown Looms: House Rejects Short-Term Budget Bill), I'll take this opportunity to (once again) point out that what the GOP is doing is to try to create chaos, with the ultimate goal of removing the president--one way or another.
I've touched on this issues on many of my previous diaries. In the midst of what can only be described as a deep economic emergency, with millions of workers unemployed, and a general sense of malaise, discontent, and economic insecurity, what the GOP is doing is akin to pouring fuel into a fire. They are doing it on purpose folks. These people are very dangerous. They are fascists, and will stop at nothing until they get their way.
They are trying to drag the country into a fascistic future, paid for by the Koch Brothers, ALEC, and other (linked) neo-fascist organizations.
Here's the danger I've been trying to point out in many of my diaries: These people are marching lock-step; they are very organized and have a very clear vision of what they want to do. In the states they have power over they are moving very rapidly in passing neo-fascist legislation that curtail human rights (in the case of women and minorities), the right to vote, etc.
The main problem is that as all this is happening right before our eyes, sane people (Liberals and Progressives) seem to be unable to recognize the situation (clearly), and most importantly, mount a very strong, focused and disciplined opposition to these neo-fascists.
Folks, we are not in normal times. We are in the middle of a huge (and historic) power struggle with adversaries who do not give a damn about the rule of law, or the Constitution. These people are sadistic, and mean-spirited, and don't care whatsoever about the millions of people falling into poverty, or the many towns devastated by natural disaster. They are the very definition of a "domestic enemy."
We need to understand that that's what we are dealing with.