SOCIALISM! SOCIALISM! TAKE TO THE HILLS!

All the thunderers on the right protest in furious chorus. The US government shall not intervene to save the global economy for that would be the godless abomination of socialism. Oh yes? Oh no! Not for nothing did our fathers and grandfathers chant the mantra “better dead than Red.” The holy tenets of free-market capitalism shall be preserved even though the heavens fall and the whole world fall with them, for thus is the will of the Almighty. What next they cry, universal healthcare?

Michael Moore comes at it from a slightly different angle.

“Let me cut to the chase. The biggest robbery in the history of this country is taking place as you read this. Though no guns are being used, 300 million hostages are being taken. Make no mistake about it: After stealing a half trillion dollars to line the pockets of their war-profiteering backers for the past five years, after lining the pockets of their fellow oilmen to the tune of over a hundred billion dollars in just the last two years, Bush and his cronies -- who must soon vacate the White House -- are looting the U.S. Treasury of every dollar they can grab. They are swiping as much of the silverware as they can on their way out the door.” Click for more.

Or, by way of a bonus, click here for the entire second Tina Fey-as-Palin clip from last Saturday’s SNL.