Quickies

• Republican wish to treat foreign Muslims better than Americans and shut down the American government in the process loses out.  Democrats hold the line and force funding for disaster relief not to be offset with needless budget cuts.  More here...

• Elizabeth Warren is more right than she even realizes.

• No doubt the radical right wing will try, again, to make 2012 an election about moral values and Americanism.  Except this time Democrats, thanks to President Obama aren't backing down.

• In Saudi Arabia, where 15 of the 19 hijackers were citizens, women have gained a slight bit of equality by earning the right of suffrage in some elections.

• Fox News drums up a make-believe War on Salt where it entices people to believe President Obama isn't going to allow you to use it in your own home.  When people are curious as to how ridiculous our political discourse has become in America, the most watched news organization in America is Exhibit A.