The mistake that many make are evidenced in these Dem vs Rep posts. The problems we face have been brewing in this country for decades as we have drifted further and further from the limited government authored by the Founders of this nation. To try to dismiss the protests as "bitter republicans" is a self-deception that fails to face the reality of historical fact. What the protesters are protesting is VALID. Just because you don't subscribe to all their views doesn't invalidate the message. The Federal Registry is pushing 80,000 pages of federal law that reaches into your bedrooms and bathrooms. The IRS Tax Code is something like 7 times longersthan the Bible. These last bailouts are more expensive than the Louisiana Purchase, NASA program, The New Deal, The Vietnam War, The Korean War, the SNL bailouts COMBINED. President Obama has hoisted more than 30 thousand dollars of national debt onto the backs of every man woman and child in this country - and we haven't even started talking about the Health Care issue! WE ARE OUT OF CONTROL and it has to stop! How is it possible you live in California and don't understand this? How is it possible that in real life, a person has to live in a budget - or live in a cardboard box - but no one in public service seems to recall this basic principle? And just for fun I'll mention that 1 dollar of every 10 in our national debt is held by Communist China. Interesting that America has lost its moral authority to decry the manditory abortions, the slaughter of thousands in the Tienimen Square protests, and many other human rights atrocities committed by a nation that we once faced in battle in the frozen tundra of Korea. Now we turn a blind eye - as long as they keep buying up our debt. We are in trouble, and something has got to change.