/RANT/ Gov't shutdown in 1 week and counting..

[Berserker]

/RANT/

Thank you House Republicans for after over 40 failed attempts to repeal Obamacare, they passed a bill that will only continue running the the gov't if Obamacare is defunded! Another bill that will not be passed into law. There are simply not anough Republicans in Congress to be able to repeal Obamacare under any scenario! They haven't been able to for 6 years now and they can't do it today. And yet Boehner held a victory rally! What did they win?

Who wins when the gov't shuts down?

Let's not even talk about the default looming for mid October...

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/20/politics/ ... index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09 ... ght-looms/

Opinion piece:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc ... es/279790/

[Fritz]

Wooo political brinkmanship! /grabs popcorn bucket

[hypo]

This is why they shouldn't get paid as well. Gov't shut down equals NO PAY! see how quickly they come to a resolution. ASSHATS! all of them.

[Berserker]

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose above the great country of the United States. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning.

[Fritz]

Please God don't let them do this with the debt ceiling. A government shut down we can survive. Defaulting on our debt...we don't even know just how bad that could be.

[MorGrendel]

If we were smart, we'd all rally and work together and prove we don't need them.

When do the machines take over? I want my mechanical overlord.

[Berserker]

If we were smart, we'd all rally and work together and prove we don't need them.

What is it that we don't need?

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I'm with Fritz on this. It will be an absolute disaster to default on our debt. Whomever thinks otherwise is a moron!

[Fritz]

Well, I'm at work and I'm getting paid apparently, but all the civilians that I have to work through for installation operations aren't here. I'm not entirely sure I can really do half the things I normally do. This is a little stupid.

[Berserker]

On the flip side, I'm holding my babies as we speak! That's a pretty good feeling even if I'm not getting paid :)

[MorGrendel]

Congress.

But since you got me going . . .

The large, complicated, irrational part.
The part that prints fiat currency and talks about getting rid of the penny.
Any part that does not understand that freedom ends the moment it infringes on a person's liberties.
Lobbist, particularly, the 72% of lobbist who were members of Congress.
The guy who names bills the opposite of what they do.
People who grope people at airports.
Anyone who has previously worked for Goldman Sachs, BP, HSBC, Carlyle Group, or Haliburton.
Anyone even remotely related to Citibank.
Anyone who called Obama a terrorist.

Wait, I might be devolving...
Focus.

The Military Industrial Complex.
The IRS and maybe Ed
Redundant Departments

[Thomas Fitzcharles]

Good Day, Serban.

Sorry it had to come to this for you and so many other feds. At least they are paying Fritz and Jason through a last minute deal. Seems no one wants to piss off the armed people. Although, there is some good news. if history hold true, you will get paid at sometime in the future. Just keep holding those babies and enjoying them.

Sincerely

Thomas

[Berserker]

Thank you Thomas. I am certainly enjoying my time with the babies =)

[MorGrendel]

Boooo! More Ranting!

According to something that was reported on the Internet, Fritz's baby is a Kenyan. Discuss irrationally, Go!

[Fritz]

He has a Certificate of Live Birth and not a Birth Certificate. That clearly means he's Kenyan just like the President.

[Berserker]

You sure he's not Dexter's baby?