The reason I mentioned The Hunger Games is because its dystopian view of the world would mirror what our nation might become. Instead of a Legislature and President elected by the people, we have a triumvirate (Scalia, Alito, Thomas) + 2 (Kennedy, Roberts), who now dictate our laws to us, rather than some representative body. The world they are creating will look a lot like the Districts in Hunger Games or the mythical town in Santorum's latest Bizarro ad. (Makes Herman Cain's ad campaign seem mainstream. Reminds me of LBJ's daisy ad...)

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich