No more government - boo hoo!

[SamIam]

Amid the threat of a looming government shutdown, House Speaker John Boehner is getting emotional again.

Per ABC News's Jon Karl, the Republican leader, who is known for his tears, was updating the House GOP caucus this morning on the ongoing budget stand-off when his emotions got the best of him. As he was thanking fellow Republicans for sticking with him amid the tense negotiations, the GOP lawmakers rose to give him a standing ovation, prompting Boehner to weep.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thetic...huZXJnZXRzdA--

I think I'm going to barf.

The only reason Boehner is crying is because he's thinking of all the special interest contributions he might miss if the government was shut down.

Get rid of Congress. That would balance the budget and give the nation a chance to become a democracy again.

[classicman]

No it wouldn't balance the budget - not even close.

The R's proposed another week stopgap - Obama and the D's declined.
From your link...

At an afternoon news conference today, Boehner announced the
House GOP will press forward with a short-term government funding bill
in hopes of averting a shutdown this Friday.
But President Obama said Tuesday he wouldn't support a measure.

[SamIam]

Hah! Sure it would. Who does all the spending? Congress. Eliminate Congress and you eliminate all the spending. In case you haven't noticed, our system of government has actually become detrimental to the nation. It's time for "we, the people" to cut our losses and start over.

[classicman]

Oh gotcha - so that's the latest tea party plan?

[SamIam]

To hell with the Tea Party. It's Sam's Plan. Damn the torpedo's and full speed ahead. What? Are you going to wimp out on me now after we've been disagreeing all these years?

[SamIam]

CNN just reported that the first furlough notices have gone out to Congressional staffers - a journey of a 1,000 miles begins with a single step. Let's get some momentum going here, folks.

If you give a damn, join Sam!

Two, four, six, eight! Organize and smash the state!

Congress is to democracy what cats are to mice - predators!

Congress is the problem NOT the solution!

Support our troops! Send Congress to Afganistan!

[lookout123]

You're sounding a little Reagan-esque there Sam.

[SamIam]

Srew Reagan. I'm fed up. One party is as bad as the other. Everyone who thinks their vote means anything is in denial. We sit around and squabble with each other on the Internet while both political parties feast on the spoils of the Republic.

With an agreement elusive, Republicans passed legislation through the House to fund the Pentagon for six months, cut $12 billion in domestic spending and keep the federal bureaucracy humming for an additional week.

Obama threatened to veto the bill even before it passed on a 247-181, mostly party-line vote. The administration issued a statement calling it "a distraction from the real work" of agreeing on legislation to cover the six months left in the current fiscal year.

Each side insisted the other would be to blame for the pain of a partial shutdown.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110407/...nding_showdown

Well, they got that much right. Both sides are to blame. Your government inaction.

[TheMercenary]

I am cool with it all, shut the shit down for a few months. Dems had 4 years to make it right. They failed. Let's see what the Republickins can do. If they fail they are out as well. Where the hell is that all allusive third party we all wish for?

[Ibby]

The Democrats in the senate AGREED to the amount of spending cuts the Republicans demanded. The disagreement now is that the Republicans want to cut, for example, the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to, uh, protect the environment, and to introduce controversial cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and other wildly popular programs that consistently poll extremely well even among self-described conservatives. The Tea Party has flat-out demanded that the Republicans shut down the government - and the Democrats have agreed to every single budgetary concession the Republican leadership demanded. There IS going to be a shutdown - and it's NOT about the budget.

[Ibby]

(via http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3036)



It's not about the budget.

[Undertoad]

Oh look everybody, a progressive think-tank says it's all W's fault.

[Stormieweather]

I wonder how many of those pushing for a government shutdown are actually going to lose their paycheck when/if it happens? Asswipes.

And yes, I think every damn one of those politicians who are fucking around with the working class should lose their paychecks just like the other government employees. After all, my tax dollars are paying them too. Seriously, they have zero incentive to reach an agreement and all the time in the world to play headgames and have power struggles with each other, at the expense of people who live paycheck to paycheck.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Oh look everybody, a progressive think-tank says it's all W's fault.

It's so nice of you to deride a messenger. Would you care to dispute the facts? Even address them?

[infinite monkey]

Hey, if the government shuts down will our borders be guarded? I mean, it's a perfect time for those damn Mexicans to come streaming across the border, whoopin' and hollerin' and drinkin' tequila. Next thing you know you won't be able to find a job cleaning hotel rooms anywhere.