A recap of the past two days:
1. Kids with cancer are being turned away from NIH drug trials.
2. Cousin Halbarad and his wife, who are both park rangers, have been furloughed -- that is, they're no longer being paid -- and are not allowed to set foot in their own park, except to use the daycare.
3. The supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) is not being funded.
4. A woman has gone missing at a national park in Idaho, and the park rangers who know the territory are actively prohibited from helping to look for her.
5. The Food and Drug Administration is currently not inspecting food or drugs for safety.
6. The Library of Congress is closed to researchers.
7. The intelligence agencies that prevent the terrorist attacks that security theater doesn't touch are running on 30% staffing.
But, goshdarnit, the Congresspersons who ordered all this to happen just so that people like me won't be able to afford health insurance because that's against freedom -- well, they're still getting paid!
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1. Kids with cancer are being turned away from NIH drug trials.
2. Cousin Halbarad and his wife, who are both park rangers, have been furloughed -- that is, they're no longer being paid -- and are not allowed to set foot in their own park, except to use the daycare.
3. The supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) is not being funded.
4. A woman has gone missing at a national park in Idaho, and the park rangers who know the territory are actively prohibited from helping to look for her.
5. The Food and Drug Administration is currently not inspecting food or drugs for safety.
6. The Library of Congress is closed to researchers.
7. The intelligence agencies that prevent the terrorist attacks that security theater doesn't touch are running on 30% staffing.
But, goshdarnit, the Congresspersons who ordered all this to happen just so that people like me won't be able to afford health insurance because that's against freedom -- well, they're still getting paid!
What's wrong with this picture?
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It's just ridiculous.
God, I hope you are right. Where I live, Mitch McConnell (or however you spell that name) is so desperate to keep his job against the threats of Rand Paul, that all the news will print or say on TV is how brilliant this whole situation is and how it is about time someone stood up against the Evil Dictator Obummer. (That was actually a graphic on the local news channel). I hope that there are people in the world that can think for themselves, because in my state, they've all chewed too much tobacco to have any living brain cells left.
DICKINSON: spoken Don't forget that most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor. And that is why they will follow us . . .
CHORUS OF CONSERVATIVES: sings To the right!
Ever to the right!
Never to the left!
Forever to the right!
Where there's gold,
A market that will hold,
Tradition to uphold,
Reluctance to be bold.
That said: this whole situation is so far borked, it's not even funny. Sorry for the impact on your cousins in particular. Being furloughed is no fun at all.
None of these people make massive amounts of money. Congress, on the other hand, makes six figures per year. It's October already, so they've already made the bulk of that six figures. I'm pretty sure they have enough financial cushion that I wouldn't shed tears over their lost salary had they lost any.