govt shutdown looms

Danzig · #1 10-01-2013, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by bigrun

Did you watch last nite's Stewart show yet?..covered it well...Had Orielly on last nite and he was his usual aszhole self...said Obama is weak because he didn't bomb Syria..

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Here's one of Stewarts rants from the show..it was on the gawker link..

yeah, just watched it. and i love the wonka line, it fits so many scenarios.
but the worst part of the show, the stat that brought the most pain?!?!

that o'reilly has already sold 350k copies of his latest horrible waste of paper and ink.

bigrun · #2 10-01-2013, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

yeah, just watched it. and i love the wonka line, it fits so many scenarios.
but the worst part of the show, the stat that brought the most pain?!?!

that o'reilly has already sold 350k copies of his latest horrible waste of paper and ink.

Yeah, but 300K were Fox employees round the world forced to buy it

bigrun · #3 10-01-2013, 06:49 PM

Saw this at another site..

http://www.youtube.com/embed/xKiQp-RB0Yw

Danzig · #4 10-02-2013, 12:45 PM

just talked to a friend of mine, who was about to close on his first home...
yep, it's on hold now. thanks, congress. and this scenario is being repeated thousands of times across this country. what else will be held up, due to a small group of angry republicans, throwing a temper tantrum cause they can't get their way?

bigrun · #5 10-02-2013, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

just talked to a friend of mine, who was about to close on his first home...
yep, it's on hold now. thanks, congress. and this scenario is being repeated thousands of times across this country. what else will be held up, due to a small group of angry republicans, throwing a temper tantrum cause they can't get their way?

Here's one of 3 emails i got today from my repuke bud...

SAD.....BUT, TRUE!
The Eagle Is Gone!

skunk.jpg

The skunk has replaced the Eagle as the new symbol of the American Presidency. It is half black, half white, and everything it does stinks.
It is said that: If you give a man a fish you will feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime!
New Obama Proverb: If you give a man hope of getting a job, he will vote Democrat for a year! If you give a man a welfare check, a free cell phone, free internet, food stamps, section 8 housing, free contraceptives, ninety-nine weeks of unemployment, free health care and free medicine... He will vote Democrat the rest of his life and several more times after he's dead.

Danzig · #6 10-02-2013, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bigrun

Here's one of 3 emails i got today from my repuke bud...

SAD.....BUT, TRUE!
The Eagle Is Gone!

Attachment 2215

The skunk has replaced the Eagle as the new symbol of the American Presidency. It is half black, half white, and everything it does stinks.
It is said that: If you give a man a fish you will feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime!
New Obama Proverb: If you give a man hope of getting a job, he will vote Democrat for a year! If you give a man a welfare check, a free cell phone, free internet, food stamps, section 8 housing, free contraceptives, ninety-nine weeks of unemployment, free health care and free medicine... He will vote Democrat the rest of his life and several more times after he's dead.

i know i heard some people saying on the news that they blame the administration as much as congress for the shutdown...but how can that be?
i guess they don't understand the process on things like the debt ceiling. this is congresses baby, not the presidents.
and now i'm seeing stuff about boehner emails being leaked. they say he said one thing publically, another privately-so why leak them? we all know that pols are liars and hypocrites!!

bigrun · #7 10-02-2013, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

i know i heard some people saying on the news that they blame the administration as much as congress for the shutdown...but how can that be?
i guess they don't understand the process on things like the debt ceiling. this is congresses baby, not the presidents.
and now i'm seeing stuff about boehner emails being leaked. they say he said one thing publically, another privately-so why leak them? we all know that pols are liars and hypocrites!!

Think I was 5yo when i first heard the phrase.."all politicians are crooked".

...heard nothing since to dispute that..

dellinger63 · #8 10-02-2013, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

just talked to a friend of mine, who was about to close on his first home...
yep, it's on hold now. thanks, congress. and this scenario is being repeated thousands of times across this country. what else will be held up, due to a small group of angry republicans, throwing a temper tantrum cause they can't get their way?

The Federal government should not be in the mortgage business. That in part was what got us into the mess we're in.

Banks and mortgage companies are open today. Can't qualify with them it's probably not the right time to buy a home.

Leno made a point last night. Since a third of government is shut down shouldn't taxpayers get a tax refund?

Surely we're not going to pay workers for staying home and doing nothing! Or are we?

bigrun · #9 10-02-2013, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by dellinger63

The Federal government should not be in the mortgage business. That in part was what got us into the mess we're in.

Banks and mortgage companies are open today. Can't qualify with them it's probably not the right time to buy a home.

Leno made a point last night. Since a third of government is shut down shouldn't taxpayers get a tax refund?

Surely we're not going to pay workers for staying home and doing nothing! Or are we?

I'll vouch for that..and if the IRS is down, do we still have to pay taxes

GenuineRisk · #10 10-02-2013, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by dellinger63

Surely we're not going to pay workers for staying home and doing nothing! Or are we?

You have it backwards. There are a number of gov't employees considered essential who are still required to work, even though they are not getting paid. When the shutdown ends, they may or may not get paid for the work they did during the shutdown. Depends on how Congress feels.

dellinger63 · #11 10-02-2013, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

You have it backwards. There are a number of gov't employees considered essential who are still required to work, even though they are not getting paid. When the shutdown ends, they may or may not get paid for the work they did during the shutdown. Depends on how Congress feels.

Well those at work today and in the future should be paid.

Those that were furloughed and stayed home should not.

And the furloughed fed employees who chose to march in front of the Dirksen Federal Bldg. in Chicago yesterday and today are getting some much needed and long overdue exercise and should be happy for that.