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I just caught wind of a short allegorical tale that has been floating around the Internet. From The Political Carnival and the comments of Crooks and Liars it made it's way to my inbox today via Google Buzz. I found it spot on in its depiction of the personalities that define our two major parties. Do you agree? Read on and share your thoughts.

"A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.

"She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be an Obama Democrat."

Nod to Kanye West.

I'm just joking (obvious). But seriously, as more and more details about this debate come to light and we move away from the bullshit and lies, it's become clear to me that this is a fight of the haves vs the have nots.

Only thing is some dummies out there don't realize how quickly you can go from have to have not when an unexpected illness kicks in or you lose your job...

CNN reported today that the Senate Finance Committee rejected two amendments to include a government-run public health insurance option in the only compromise health care bill so far.

The amendments by Democratic Sens. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and Charles Schumer of New York were opposed by all 10 Republicans on the committee and a few Democrats, including committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus of Montana.

Baucus explained that he liked much about the idea of a public option but that he knew a health care bill containing the provision would fail to win enough support in the full Senate to overcome a Republican filibuster.

Rep. Roy Blunt (MO) is not intimidated by accusations of racism. To prove this he told a joke at the Values Voter Summit last Friday that characterized the government as a bunch of golfers chasing around a golf-ball-stealing monkey.

Here's the punch line, in Blunt's own words:

Almost from the day the first ball was hit on this golf course something happened they didn't anticipate: monkeys would come running out of the jungle and then grab the golf balls.

And if it was in the fairway, they might throw it in the rough. And if it was in the rough, they might throw it -- they might throw it back at you!

And I can point to great and long detail about how many things they tried to eliminate the monkey problem, but they never got it done.

So finally for this golf course and this golf course only, they passed a rule and the rule was, you have to play the ball where the monkey throws it.

And that is the rule in Washington all the time.