Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid

These are some of the Rabid Right extremists who have a good chance to be elected and to take power in the U.S. House and perhaps the Senate this week, plus two of their key facilitators. Here is some of what they've been saying: Social Security is evil, unconstitutional and must be abolished. End the minimum wage. End student loans, abolish the Education Department and abolish public schools. End the Veteran's administration. No separation of church and state--Christianity as the official religion, Islam is a terrorist religion. No right to vote for U.S. Senators. No legal abortions for any reason. Repeal health care reform, repeal consumer protection and Wall Street bank reform. Continue to subsidize corporations moving jobs out of America. Continue tax cuts for the super-rich. Keith Olbermann calls this election "an attempted use of democracy to end this democracy, to buy America wholesale and pave over the freedoms and the care we take of one another which have combined to keep us the envy of the world."

Paul Krugman wrote: "This is going to be terrible. In fact, future historians will probably look back at the 2010 election as a catastrophe for America, one that condemned the nation to years of political chaos and economic weakness."

And these candidates unanimously agree: Global warming, the greatest threat to the future, is a hoax.

Be afraid, be very afraid. This year, Halloween is real.