Well this is nowhere near a government shutdown so let's be clear there. This is a joke.
I had hoped that Washington would have turned into a ghost town and the lobbyists had gone back to their cubbyholes in hell but we weren't so lucky. Instead we have a President that picks and chooses what to close and keep open, and he does so with a dramatic flair. "Oh look, without government we can't have amber alerts or parks, see how much you need us?"
BS.
I see very little difference between a Dem or a member of the GOP, BOTH have driven us to this point, BOTH are guilty, BOTH are useless. Their policies of reckless spending and out of control quantitative easing are destroying this country. It isn't Obama himself (I never have favored impeachment because it wouldn't change anything) it is ALL of them minus less than twenty or so. But it is the Executive branch that has been deciding what stays open or closed.
It is completely unrealistic to hope Washington would have turned into a ghost town. For better or worse that is not the world in which we live. I am not telling you anything you don't already know.
Is the Executive Branch picking and choosing what stays open in this situation? Yes.
Is that its function in this scenario? Also yes.
Should the WWII Memorial have been left open? Probably not.
Should the roads be closed? Definitely not.
Is the shutdown a good thing? Hells no.
Forgive me if I am misremembering something you said but didn't you once tell us that you were writing to your congressman demanding Obama be impeached? I believe it was over drones but maybe it was a different outrage.
If I did I don't recall that, perhaps my "outrage" temporarily clouded my reasoning skills but if you aren't outraged then I say there's something wrong with you.
If I did I don't recall that, perhaps my "outrage" temporarily clouded my reasoning skills but if you aren't outraged then I say there's something wrong with you.
The lawmakers, all Democrats, were detained by the Capitol Police after they stood silently in a line in the middle of a street that borders the Capitol lawn, blocking traffic. As the police handcuffed them behind their backs and led them away, a crowd pressed in, chanting, “Let them go!”
OK... so just a minute ago you were saying that the president is a "dictator" attacking anyone who doesn't agree with him BUT that he had "rolled out the red carpet" for a demonstration.
They arrested Democrats. So... clearly they didn't roll out a "red carpet" for anyone and the whole "dictator" thing doesn't make much sense.
Do you need me to draw you a pie chart or something?
The good news for me is that after our government implodes, there may be enough time for the markets to have recovered by the time I reach retirement age.
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It is completely unrealistic to hope Washington would have turned into a ghost town. For better or worse that is not the world in which we live. I am not telling you anything you don't already know.
Is the Executive Branch picking and choosing what stays open in this situation? Yes.
Is that its function in this scenario? Also yes.
Should the WWII Memorial have been left open? Probably not.
Should the roads be closed? Definitely not.
Is the shutdown a good thing? Hells no.
Forgive me if I am misremembering something you said but didn't you once tell us that you were writing to your congressman demanding Obama be impeached? I believe it was over drones but maybe it was a different outrage.
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
In the meantime let's support this guy.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/t ... e&s=mobile
respect to random man.
OK but 30 seconds ago you were crying about WWII vets and the memorial.
OK... so just a minute ago you were saying that the president is a "dictator" attacking anyone who doesn't agree with him BUT that he had "rolled out the red carpet" for a demonstration.
They arrested Democrats. So... clearly they didn't roll out a "red carpet" for anyone and the whole "dictator" thing doesn't make much sense.
Do you need me to draw you a pie chart or something?
My point was to show what's kept open and what isn't.
You're just a republican desperate for the blame to be placed elsewhere. :roll:
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