The Guvmint Shutdown

[Freed Roger]

There has to be a thread. In the words of Michael- Let's keep it friendly.

I'll start. Whew -thank goodness the prisons stay open.

However, if you want to go up in the Arch -you're [expletive].

[Freed Roger]

It's been a whole 10 minutes and I'm still alive in my home and drinking beer. What a rugged self-sufficient libertarian mother-[expletive] individualist American I am!

[planet planet]

You can't even one up my level of outraged and disgust, Freed. I challenge you to do so though.

[cardsfansince82]

I hope everything shuts down because that's the only thing that will get people's attention. Congress has accomplished exactly jack [expletive] since the recession began and no one seems to care. Political games are more important than helping people.

[Freed Roger]

You can't even one up my level of outraged and disgust, Freed. I challenge you to do so though.

I didn't think I paid enough attention to be angry, since this has become sort of normal.

Though it turns out I am pissed-i.e. Mrs Freed is about as agnostic as possible about this stuff and asked me to give her a brief low-down, so when she hears the usual suspects [expletive] at work tomorrow, she'd at least have an idea. After my spiel -she said "No really, , what's going on? like how I'd hear it on Ch 5 without all your [expletive] and [expletive]. " The ch 5 thing set me off, I had a few more [expletive] and [expletive] on to say about the [expletive] media.

[AdmiralKird]

It wasn't like the government was functioning even when it was open; not sure what the difference is now.

[ghostrunner]

Shut down, and yet the site for health care exchanges still came online today.

[MrSaigon]

Look, I know who the bad (-der anyway) guys are here, but now that the Republicans have made asses out of themselves, can't the Dems give them the device manufacturer tax and let the bozos take an inevitable, and really stupid victory lap? Besides, they don't need the GOP to have their much needed moment of truth, and that's inching closer and closer, one might think. Sounds like that tax was only setup because that industry wouldn't play ball with Obama anyway. Surely they can get that $30 bil somewhere else. $30 bil was sure easy to find during TARP.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Shut down, and yet the site for health care exchanges still came online today.

Yup - remember these are STATE exchanges. Funding is not directly from the federal government.

[ghostrunner]

Shut down, and yet the site for health care exchanges still came online today.

Yup - remember these are STATE exchanges. Funding is not directly from the federal government.

Just saying "Obamacare" is proceeding either way.

I just learned 97% of NASA was furloughed today. Congress - still getting paid.