muffingate ( really )

BARACK OBAMA IS A KENYAN BORN SOCIALIST BECAUSE THE DOJ PAID SIXTEEN DOLLARS FOR A MUFFIN.

You do know the story right ? Everything that is wrong with America boiled down to one Banana Nut Muffin served at the Hilton Hotel. ( I guess there in DC..) FACT.
Except its not so much a fact and the talking heads SHOCK have just run with it. For what ever reason a group of Department of Justice drones headed over to the Washington Hilton to meet and greet and what ever - seems odd, they do have their old building, but you know, some days you just need to get out of the office, clear your head, go for a swim.

Sam Stein from HUFFPO lets us know today that it was not 16 dollars per muffin , but 16 dollars for an entire catered Continental breakfast at a big city down town hotel. ( see : the story of Neil and the 24$ Cosmo at what ever swanky Midtown Manhattan hotel we were staying at...) Sure enough  directly from their website, today :

Continental Breakfast 16 Choice of Juice, a Basket of Miniature Bakeries Including Danish, Muffins and a Croissant Freshly Brewed Coffee (Regular or Decaffeinated)

or Tea, Butter and Preserves 16$

FULL STORY FROM HUFFPO 

A glass of juice in your room is five bucks, its a hotel, do not come home drunk and eat the Zero bars out of the mini bar. Everyone knows this, and sixteen dollars for a meeting long all you can eat and drink snack coffee bar is right on par.

178 written articles on the OUTRAGE of Muffingate "Sen Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) had called for heads to "roll." Fox News' Bill O'Reilly had used the muffin anecdote to launch a screed against raising taxes: "Why should I or you work hard every day so some guy in a suit can have a $16 muffin?" Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) said the "individuals responsible for allowing this flagrant abuse of taxpayer dollars" should be "fired immediately." The Obama administration promised further review.  37 articles written to correct the story.. but its already out there, and facts mean so darn little these days.