The federal government, as I’m sure you all know by now, was forced to shut down today, over conflicts arising from the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, better know as Obamacare. All government services deemed “non-essential” in accordance with the Antideficiency Act, were suspended, and more than 818,000 federal workers were furloughed, meaning that […]
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You say Shutdown. I say Treason.
Posted in Health, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged big government, Bill Clinton, call Congress, compromise, Congress, debt limit, economic recovery, federal budget, government shutdown, health care reform, hostage tactics, hostage taking, insanity, Iraq war, John Boehner, Mars, monkey brains, NASA, NASA funding, Newt Gingrich, Paul Ryan, prion disease, Ronald Reagan, sequester, tea party, Ted Cruz 34 Comments
“Calling all John Galts in Georgia”
I don’t want to make light of the tragedy taking place in Georgia right now, but I couldn’t help but chuckle at this Daily Kos post asking for principled teabaggers to stand up for what they believe in and demand that the federal government not intrude into their personal lives by providing emergency aid. I […]
Posted in Environment, Politics Also tagged Atlanta, Ayn Rand, emergency aid, federal aid, flooding, Georgia, hypocrisy, John Galt, Katrina, natural disaster, Neal Boortz, New Orleans, radio, rugged individualism, Sonny Perdue, the great troll war, trolls 6 Comments