Shutdown 101: What’s Going To Happen Tonight At Midnight?

Gah - and nearly 19,000 one-line 'notes' (comments) against the article pointing out that someone-or-other has reposted, reblogged or 'liked' it.

Did someone in the dim and distant past really really think this type of feedback mechanism was a good idea?

Are the health care reforms really that scary to those who lobby the Republicans?