DEATH OF A DREAM BY BARRY LEVINSON

"We might get past the debt ceiling crisis, the government shutdown, but the future of America is clear. We are no longer the wonder of the world. We exposed our ignorance, our ugly insensitivity. We are a petty people with a government that has ceased to function. The great achievements are part of yesterday. The future is a dark place. We have proven a Democracy is a fragile form of government. And we have shown the world how easy it is to kill it." PLEASE READ THE REST: HUFFPO