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I didn't realize that Congress did pass a law last week to pay the military and Obama signed it.
So the 7th is not any hard deadline now.
The next hard deadline is the 17th when the Treasury says it won't take any more money from federal pensions.
That's what's happening right now! <bold> Very good point. The democrats are playing the same game with this that they played with the sequester. Cause as much pain as humanly possible to the public and point the finger at the GOP.
Here's the problem that the dems are about to run into, just like with the sequester as time goes by more news leaks out about things they're doing. Real stupid things like threatening to arrest chaplains if they show up on base and perform their duties like mass, christenings or marriages, even as volunteers. Things like blocking off parking lots,driveways or bus turn arounds leading to places that are not under federal control just because those lots,driveways etc are federal property.
There is a good chance this is going to backfire big time on the dems only leaving the most strident ideologues to defend their actions.
For anyone with even an ounce of common sense this is beyond illogical, hypocritical and thought up in some bizzaro world. You cannot demonize the entities that are fighting to keep in place a LAW that enables miliions of Americans to find the peace of mind and security that affordable healthcare provides and make heroes of the ones that are fighting tooth and nail to deny the benefit to them. It is only in Ayn Rand world that this type of backwards logic prevails. It really sounds stupid. The right wing cares zero, zip, nada for the hardships of others, so these photo ops and feigned Faux News talking point outrages are fooling no one. The writing is on the wall for all to see. Try another tactic.
Perhaps it is the dumbest thread of the day. But this idiot is out there making speeches like this, as President of the United States? What an ass.
Ted Cruz is far smarter than Obama. He's brilliant. Obama is a zero on the intelligence scale.
There is a large majority on this forum that would agree with you and a small handful in our actual country. He doesn't even have support in his own party.
You know - you pretty much said absolutely nothing of substance here. Yes - the state puts in money so they have control. Yes if the government paid in 100%, THEY would have control.
There is no spin here. I'm sure a Dem governor would have complied with the feds even though most of the funding was from the state.
Why? Because they put funding into the park. You know how the feds work... if they put any money into some endeavor, they think they own it, and control it.
I am sure the administration of "1-800-318-2596" will be vindictive enough the remove all funding from their parks at some point. They will get them back somewhere along the line.
You seem even to this date, to be confused as to why there is no funding for the parks.
"vindictive enough the remove all funding from their parks". These are your words. What an odd assessment. The only anger I sense is in believing that the Administration is being vindictive.
When on earth did the Obama adminstration "remove all funding from the parks"?
Perhaps it is the dumbest thread of the day. But this idiot is out there making speeches like this, as President of the United States? What an ass.
He's doing the best he can with the genetic hand he was dealt. And believe me, there were a lot of Jokers in that deck.......
Something I posted on another thread might shed some light into his 'thinking':
He was the outcome of what today is legally known as statutory rape. His 23 year-old "dad" was having sexual relations with his 17 year-old mom. The statutory laws are a bit vague in the 1960s, but I believe that 23 going into 17 should have equaled 1......1 prison term. And to make matters worse, his "dad" was married at the time, just not to his mom. But hey, "dad" was a standup guy, and DID marry his mom, when mom was three months pregnant (all the while still married to his OTHER pregnant wife). Better late than never, I suppose. Now, "dad" acted like his other marriage didn't exist, so he of course told Obama's mom that he wasn't married.
And as we all know, Obama's "dad" never really lived with his mom, and of course, didn't bother to contest the divorce a few years later. And "mom" was hardly an angel - she left the baby with her parents, because hey, kids are a drag when you're 18, and MTV was still years away from launching.
So to net it out, this guy was "procreated"(?) by two incredibly self-centered people who honestly wanted nothing to do with him (actions do indeed speak louder than words). So he inherited a virtual smorgasboard of very questionable DNA: lousy decision making, self-absorbed self-centeredness, lying, etc.
The next dozen years were about as dysfunctional as his beginning, but it does give you some insight into what type of guy you're dealing with. It would be very difficult for Hollywood to make something up like this, but thankfully, all that's required of Hollyweird is that they continue to fawn over him, because he actually makes some of THEM seem normal.
I don't want to shock you too much but some of us are capable of thinking for ourselves. I don't lick anybody's boots and I certainly know enough to recognize hype when I see it. Some people never say anything else but hype because they are incapable of logical thought. When you have no management and no solution; just figure out how to blame it on someone else. In this case, tell everyone the Republicans did it.
The way I see it the Republicans are the only working part of D. C.
Correction: The Republicans are the only working people in America.
Are you a Republican or the other 47%. LOL
There isn't one working Democrat in this country? Link, please, or just come visit me at work.
The Park Service appears to be closing streets on mere whim and caprice. The rangers even closed the parking lot at Mount Vernon, where the plantation home of George Washington is a favorite tourist destination. That was after they barred the new World War II Memorial on the Mall to veterans of World War II. But the government does not own Mount Vernon; it is privately owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. The ladies bought it years ago to preserve it as a national memorial. The feds closed access to the parking lots this week, even though the lots are jointly owned with the Mount Vernon ladies. The rangers are from the government, and they’re only here to help.
“It’s a cheap way to deal with the situation,” an angry Park Service ranger in Washington says of the harassment. “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.”
This is really what we need. Regular people on the inside disclosing the nonsense that they are told to do. We need more of this.
The Park Service appears to be closing streets on mere whim and caprice. The rangers even closed the parking lot at Mount Vernon, where the plantation home of George Washington is a favorite tourist destination. That was after they barred the new World War II Memorial on the Mall to veterans of World War II. But the government does not own Mount Vernon; it is privately owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. The ladies bought it years ago to preserve it as a national memorial. The feds closed access to the parking lots this week, even though the lots are jointly owned with the Mount Vernon ladies. The rangers are from the government, and they’re only here to help.
“It’s a cheap way to deal with the situation,” an angry Park Service ranger in Washington says of the harassment. “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.”
This is really what we need. Regular people on the inside disclosing the nonsense that they are told to do. We need more of this.
If the government is "shut down", what are those rangers doing running around closing sites? Lay them off too.
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