It is time to get off the couch. At this moment the chapters of the decline and fall of America are being written. The Tea Party has seized the Republican Party and the rest of the party has been mute. The insanity of the Government shutdown shows how oblivious the Tea Party is to the real world. Spending on infrastructure, R & D, education and much more has been slashed. The middle class is being destroyed. Greed runs rampant in the circles of the Ultra Rich. The current direction is taking America down.