"All over Washington, D.C. public parks used by children and families that are normally unguarded and unstaffed have been fenced off and shuttered. This is not so much about the shutdown as it is the application of "the Chicago way" to the current political crisis." writes Peter Roff. "To paraphrase Sean Connery's famous line from the film version of "The Untouchables," the Republicans on Capitol Hill pulled a knife so Obama pulled a gun. The Republicans tried to send Obamacare to the hospital so Obama is trying to send the GOP to the morgue." Read it all. [BJS]