The “intellectual bubble” that nearly burned Coatesville to the ground is stalking Washington

People living in the very same “intellectual bubble” described the Washington Post gave us the “Bloc of Four” in Coatesville.

I believe the “Bloc of Four” Coatesville government that was designed by our local Chester County political extremists was deliberately designed for failure.  When Coatesville literally began to burn down I think those extremists were beside themselves in joy.

Now a similar group of people with the same extremist political ideology have their crosshairs trained on Washington.

Mr. Dionne’s very well done commentary makes it easy to understand what they are doing:

“The Tea Party lives in an intellectual bubble where the answers to every problem lie in books by F.A. Hayek, Glenn Beck or Ayn Rand. Rand’s anti-government writings, regarded by her followers as modern-day scripture — Rand, an atheist, would have bridled at that comparison — are particularly instructive. 

When the hero of Rand’s breakthrough novel, “The Fountainhead,” doesn’t get what he wants, he blows up a building. Rand’s followers see that as gallant. So perhaps it shouldn’t surprise us that blowing up our government doesn’t seem to be a big deal to some of the new radical individualists in our House of Representatives. 

Our country is on the edge. Our capital looks like a lunatic asylum to many of our own citizens and much of the world. We need to act now to restore certainty by extending the debt ceiling through the end of this Congress.”

FROM:

GOP leaders must free themselves from the Tea Party’s grip

By E.J. Dionne Jr., Published: July 20

This event was part of Pat Seller's 2010 run for PA's 6th Congressional District. He one of several Chester County political extremists that put the "Bloc of Four" in place. I believe Pat Sellers lives in the “intellectual bubble” described by Mr. Dionne: