The Onion is running a brilliant story (fake of course) about how a group of Congressmen have taken school children hostage and are threatening to kill them if their demands aren't met.
Here is the pic running with the story:
TPM notes that this has raised the ire of the Congress, the Capitol Police and, I'm sure, the Department of Homeland Security.
The whole "We are not amused" tone of the condemnations means that - hopefully - this story will get traction. At some point you have to realize that picking fights with satirists is a bad idea.
Money quote comes at the end:
With the ransom deadline nearing and no apparent resolution in sight, President Barack Obama was summoned in a last-ditch effort to diffuse the situation. Despite an emotional bullhorn appeal to return to "honest talks aimed at reducing the national debt and getting millions of unemployed Americans back to work," the chief executive was met with silence.
"There's just no way of getting through to these people," said Obama, holding his head in his hands. "I know Speaker Boehner personally, and I know that he and his colleagues will not hesitate for a second to kill these poor children if they don't get their way."
"Trust me, this Congress will do it," the president added
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