I agree with you on the Muslim flap. It's over done, but the seeds are planted. What it yields is for future generations to sort out. May be the French should speak of their experiences to our benefit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramm%E2%80%93Leach%E2%80%93Bliley_Act

Rescinding Glass Steagall blew up .so "The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley" though it was intended to stimulate and grow our economy, same with the unregulated use of derivatives. Clinton signed off on it and was easy sway for Greenspam. The push for Obamacare with the mandatory purchase of health insurance etc. will deliver confiscated funds to create nursing jobs etc.) Plenty of bipartisan blame along with the FED and regulators for their inability to control/police because of congressional favor to special interests. Sadly some of us have to make our money with the taking of risks with stinkers like Dan Leckrone rather than rely on welfare and political favors. Too keep the sheeple guessing, neither party votes or behaves consistently for too long. You have to follow the money and those whom would have enough of our money to curry favor with it's offering. Usually when the economy is cycling and not going through a traumatic reset such as now, the historical data shows that it matters little which party is incharge. However the lip service offered to the sheeple by the Republicans is generally of more cogent content. The middle class usually older, of conservative leanings, is more demanding of explanations. Hence the frustrations with an empty suit who reads poorly drafted scripts from a teleprompter much too often. The Tea Party is an expression of middle class sheeple beholding to neither of the traditional parties and rightfully suspicious of it's disastrous failings. We are all free to drink from the well of our choice. Though I may reason it to be unwise to draw my nourishment from the well with the shortest line. There may be a message there.

Have to go and fix dinner ..........it's my job now.