Is this a preview of what likes in store for lots of Balkanized countries? It is straight out of the book. Because I don't want a future like this in the USA I continue to be appalled by the Democratic Parties dishonest politics of bad faith.
By this I mean the continuous effort not only to dispute Republican policies (which is appropriate) but to create fantasy worlds where high gas prices equal Bush family wealth, the Iraq war is being fought as some sort of personal adventure, the administration is "Bush Co.", blacks are routinely and systematically denied the right to vote, New Orleans was flooded on purpose and the Federal Response was horribly delayed, AND ALL THE OTHER LIES.
Eventually the climate they seek to create (complete Black antipathy to the Republican Party) may well break out of control and lead to results similar to the situation in France.