Shutting It Down

Now that the House GOP/the tea party actually did force a US government shutdown, Ezra Klein breaks it down again why this actually happened. There is a longer informative news report on NYTimes.com as well as a handy graphic sketching what parts of the government will be sent into furlough and who has to continue working without pay. To prove how ridiculously ideological this whole thing is, the House did pass a  quick bill to insure that the military will continue to be funded.