Nancy Pelosi has famously described the debt ceiling debate as nothing less than "trying to save life on this planet as we know it today." It's one of those gaffes that inadvertently reveals the truth: for many on her side of the debate, it really is about preserving a way of life.
Mark Steyn picks up the thread in his weekly syndicated column, and not too far from David Strom's piece discussed earlier, before taking it global.
Steyn's thesis,
"For dominant powers in decline, it starts with the money, for Washington as for London and Rome before it. But it never stops there. The horizons shrivel. Two-bit provocateurs across the map pick off remnants of the old order with ever greater ease."
Not quite on topic, but I love this quote,
"Meanwhile, the Lockerbie bomber has been appearing at delirious pro-Gadhafi rallies. Remember the Lockerbie bomber? He was returned to Libya because he was terminally ill and only had three months to live. That was two years ago. It's amazing what getting out of the care of the Scottish National Health Service can do for your life expectancy."
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