Washington Times columnist Charles Hurt claimed that "[l]iterally, revolutionary wars have been fought over less" than what right-wing media are calling an Obamacare “exemption” for members of Congress and assured his readers that they “should be sharpening the tines of [their] pitchforks.”

The source of Hurt's outrage is a manufactured right-wing controversy - Obamacare “exemptions” - that has been repeatedly and thoroughly debunked.

In his August 13 op-ed titled “Obamacare exemption - none dare call it treason,” published in The Washington Times and promoted on FoxNation.com, Hurt argued that were it not for citizen apathy, America “would already be in all-out political revolt”:

Had we innocent, taxpaying citizens not long ago lost our capacity to be outraged by the disgraceful manner in which this place operates, we would already be in all-out political revolt. Against President Obama. Against Democrats in Congress. And, especially, Republicans.

Literally, revolutionary wars have been fought over less.

Last week, while many Americans spent hard-saved money on long-overdue vacations, the snakes and weasels inside the federal bureaucracy schemed until they hatched an evil plan. It would feather their own nests with more of your money, protect themselves from the ravages of the laws they foist upon us, desecrate our Constitution and then smear us with insult so putrid it would make a roadside vulture gag.

All the legal, constitutional and parliamentary maneuvering is enough to confuse Albert Einstein, but here is the bottom line: Congress and staff managed to get themselves exempted from the single, most-punishing aspect of Obamacare.

Yes, you should be sharpening the tines of your pitchforks.