October 01, 2013

Mike Lee: It's Important We Start Funding These Government Functions Immediately
— Ace

And he's willing to fund all government functions, except for one -- ObamaCare.

Interesting. But for now Reid is saying No, No, No and "We support the federal government."

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid came to the floor a little before 4:30 p.m. to knock down the latest House Republican plan to fund parts of the government. It’s “just another whacky idea” from tea party Republicans, Reid said. “We support the federal government,” he said. “That’s our job. That’s what we do.”

Calling tea party Republicans “rabble-rousers,” the Nevada Democrat said that “we won’t be forced to choose” between what parts of the government to bring back from shutdown. It’s “not a serious plan,” Reid said. "And I'm a murderous pederast who's into rape and whatnot."

I may have added the last lines.

Oh, and this is just jolly good fun.

At Sixth & I, Furloughed Government Employees Seek Refuge


The sound of ping pong balls echo as a group of furloughed government employees gather around a TV, watching West Wing reruns and snacking on John Boehner's head.

Not Boehner's literal head, of course, but clementines from a basket labeled "John Boehner," because they are round and orange, like the Speaker of the House's head. The furloughed federal workers are gathered at Sixth & I in Chinatown, where the historic synagogue and community center has organized "Shutdown Central," a sort of "adult daycare" for "nonessential" furloughed government employees to come hang out and pass the time until the government shutdown is over and they can return to work.

They can't just go home? Do they have no chores to do? No outside interests? No gym? No children?

"I'm trying to keep a positive attitude about it, just because that's the kind of person I am," says Daniel...

Yeah, sounds like it.

...a government employee who works with documents management for one of the main departments within the government (Daniel did not want to disclose his last name or full job title for work reasons). "But to be honest, I'm losing about $250 a day when I'm not working. That's basically a car payment. When I think about it that way, there's so much cooler stuff that I could be doing. That's a lot of money that I'm losing out on," Daniel says.

And yet there you are, in the Ping Pong Rubber Room.


Posted by: Ace at 02:16 PM | Comments (306)
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1 First

Posted by: wte9 at October 01, 2013 02:17 PM (Iwtag)

2 Rabble-rousers? Is that the best he's got?

Posted by: Todd W at October 01, 2013 02:17 PM (lrkg9)

3 Pat Buchanan came up with this approach a few days ago

Posted by: The Jackhole at October 01, 2013 02:18 PM (nTgAI)

4 Mike Lee has got the right idea. Make these fucking pieces of shit OWN this.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:18 PM (WjLUf)

5 Reid said. “We support the federal government,”

Yea, screw the people, Harry's all about the government


Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 01, 2013 02:18 PM (9MLX+)

6 You poopie heads!

Posted by: King Barack at October 01, 2013 02:18 PM (vJFM9)

7 "We support the federal government."




Uhm... no Dingy.  We taxpayers "support" the Federal government. You elitist dirtbag leeches merely feed off of it.

Posted by: Strife at October 01, 2013 02:18 PM (Ojgjr)

8 I can hear Levin's neck exploding. What a rant. Wow! And he's spot fucking on.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:19 PM (WjLUf)

9 That's your job? That's what you do? Then where's your budget, you disingenuous weasel?

Posted by: Darles Chickens at October 01, 2013 02:19 PM (z4vvZ)

10 He have any comment on his BFF who's off to prison for two years today and who's probably responsible for Reid being a millionaire now? 

Posted by: B at October 01, 2013 02:19 PM (6iEQd)

11 I commented on the last thread that Holmes-Norton had a complete meltdown on the floor a few minutes ago. She laid into the left and the right to support the House funding for the DC district.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 02:19 PM (DmNpO)

12 No Harry. Your job is to support your country, your constituents and the Constitution. in any order. Not the federal government.

Posted by: never enough caffiene at October 01, 2013 02:19 PM (GfBk2)

13 Drip,  drip, drip.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 01, 2013 02:20 PM (0HooB)

14 The dems will be on record saying "no" to every conceivable compromise.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 02:20 PM (DmNpO)

15 You know,they are canceling the service academies football games too.Scumbags.

Posted by: steevy at October 01, 2013 02:20 PM (9XBK2)

16 The "DC district" can go back to being fucking swampland for all I care.

Posted by: B at October 01, 2013 02:20 PM (6iEQd)

17 I think we could do without many of the functiona of governent. My hope is people will see that as life continues while the govt. is shut down. And even if it doesn't, even if there are problems, doesn't that argue that we should decentralize things and not set up our system so some idiots in congress can ruin everything? Doesn't that just illustrate what a waste of money all this spending is since it doesn't impact you? Or otherwise it illustrates the importance of division of power and federalism.

Posted by: .87c at October 01, 2013 02:20 PM (3+V5e)

18 Paging Ace, your barrel is ready for you now

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 01, 2013 02:20 PM (9MLX+)

19 The Government is shutdown? Unleash the Kracken.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at October 01, 2013 02:21 PM (KRpfP)

20 11 That district is completely reliant on the government.

Posted by: steevy at October 01, 2013 02:21 PM (9XBK2)

21 14 14 The dems will be on record saying "no" to every conceivable compromise. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 06:20 PM (DmNpO) MFM or not, the idea is that the GOP is supposed to point this out and message it. They won't, except for people like Cruz, Lee and Paul.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:21 PM (WjLUf)

22 "Ping Pong Rubber Room". LOL. Thanks, Ace

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 02:21 PM (a4Omg)

23 Bless his heart.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at October 01, 2013 02:21 PM (KRpfP)

24 Putting ace in the barrel is not a punishment, it's a housing upgrade.

Posted by: Dr Spank at October 01, 2013 02:21 PM (9jLim)

25 *sigh* After watching the Larson rant in the previous thread, I am more convinced than ever I could not even tolerate the length of time it takes to drink a beer in the company of the vast majority of these people. May God have mercy on us all.

Posted by: NeverEverMore at October 01, 2013 02:22 PM (hRV3r)

26 Democrats: Party of 'no'.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at October 01, 2013 02:23 PM (DHQv9)

27 25 *sigh* After watching the Larson rant in the previous thread, I am more convinced than ever I could not even tolerate the length of time it takes to drink a beer in the company of the vast majority of these people. May God have mercy on us all. Posted by: NeverEverMore at October 01, 2013 06:22 PM (hRV3r) G-d can have mercy after I'm dead. I'd rather he give me the strength and wisdom to somehow, some way do what I can to save my fucking country.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:23 PM (WjLUf)

28 MFM or not, the idea is that the GOP is supposed to point this out and message it. They won't, except for people like Cruz, Lee and Paul. *** Even McConnell did a good job with messaging on the floor this morning. We'll see this weekend if he hits the circuit.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 02:23 PM (DmNpO)

29 "We support the federal government."



Well that's strange, because I thought your primary job was to support the American citizens.

Posted by: Strife at October 01, 2013 02:23 PM (Ojgjr)

30 You would almost think that federal employees are a bunch of useless, miserable wretches.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 01, 2013 02:23 PM (8ZskC)

31 No outside interests? No gym? No children? Not a single luxury?
Like Robinson Crusoe it's primitive as can be.

Posted by: Gilligan at October 01, 2013 02:23 PM (vJFM9)

32 Rabble-rousers? When Harry Reid(Pederast-NV) busts out whipper-snappers, then we're in ideological danger.

Posted by: Dr Spank at October 01, 2013 02:24 PM (9jLim)

33 The MFM told me my being out of work was enjoyable - it was Funemployment.

Posted by: Sam at October 01, 2013 02:24 PM (W2qJe)

34 Do you wingnuts have any idea how long I have to wait to get a fresh pile of rotting vegetation on my plate around here?

Posted by: The National Zoo Panda at October 01, 2013 02:24 PM (8ZskC)

35 "Shutdown central" is a lot nicer than mom's basement.

Posted by: Non-essential Federal employee at October 01, 2013 02:24 PM (DHQv9)

36 33 You now have more time to pursue your interests.

Posted by: Nazi Pelosi at October 01, 2013 02:25 PM (KRpfP)

37 17 I think we could do without many of the functiona of governent. My hope is people will see that as life continues while the govt. is shut down.

And even if it doesn't, even if there are problems, doesn't that argue that we should decentralize things and not set up our system so some idiots in congress can ruin everything?

Doesn't that just illustrate what a waste of money all this spending is since it doesn't impact you? Or otherwise it illustrates the importance of division of power and federalism.

Posted by: .87c at October 01, 2013 06:20 PM (3+V5e)


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Totally agree. Build it back up, a billion at a time, until we've restored about what should be there, and then stop.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at October 01, 2013 02:25 PM (QVC7W)

38 33 The MFM told me my being out of work was enjoyable - itwas Funemployment. Posted by: Sam at October 01, 2013 06:24 PM (W2qJe) It's only fun when the money continues to flow in. I've been trying to crack that nut all my wasted life.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:25 PM (WjLUf)

39 16 The "DC district" can go back to being fucking swampland for all I care.Posted by: B at October 01, 2013 06:20 PM (6iEQd)
Urban renewal.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 01, 2013 02:25 PM (vJFM9)

40

"But to be honest, I'm losing about $250 a day when I'm not working. That's basically a car payment. When I think about it that way, there's so much cooler stuff that I could be doing. That's a lot of money that I'm losing out on," Daniel says.

 

Try that for five years straight and get back to me.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 01, 2013 02:25 PM (0HooB)

41 Harry Reid needs to die in a fire.

Posted by: Dr Spank at October 01, 2013 02:26 PM (9jLim)

42 They can't just go home? Do they have no chores to do? No outside interests? No gym? No children? -- The House Democrats keep ranting on and on about "the children", to hell with WWII veterans, everyone and everything else. Government is for the children, of the children and by the children. Head Start!

Posted by: Love means never having to say you're sorry, or something at October 01, 2013 02:27 PM (MhA4j)

43 Reid said. “We support the federal government,” he said. “That’s our job. That’s what we do.” You are supposed to represent your constituents within the construct of the Constitution. "Supporting the federal government" is not at all in your job description.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2013 02:27 PM (yETln)

44 Meanwhile, some on our side, Michael Medved, are giving the other side aid by agreeing that it is R's that are petty and that the whole thing is a waste of time because we all know they will lose so why even try.


Posted by: Typo Dynamofo at October 01, 2013 02:27 PM (URNUb)

45 When all these folks are on unemployment the economy will come roaring back like...an animal that roars.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi, Genius at October 01, 2013 02:27 PM (8ZskC)

46 41 Harry Reid needs to die in a fire. Posted by: Dr Spank at October 01, 2013 06:26 PM (9jLim) He truly is a loathsome piece of shit, and I understand your anger, but as the song goes, "it's a fine line (between love and hate)."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:27 PM (WjLUf)

47 "But to be honest, I'm losing about $250 a day when I'm not working. That's basically a car payment."

Must be a helluva car.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 01, 2013 02:28 PM (vJFM9)

48 So while the House is debating, Reid's spokeswoman is given the floor, and told everyone that Reid says, "NO!'

Posted by: Love means never having to say you're sorry, or something at October 01, 2013 02:28 PM (MhA4j)

49 Obama's already announced he's vetoing the spending for Veterans. Now is really not the time to get wobbly. Yes, I know there will be a compromise and the GOP will give up way too much, but for right now, the Democrats are really looking awful.

Posted by: AmishDude at October 01, 2013 02:28 PM (T0NGe)

50 Dear Harry Reid, support the government by doing your Constitutional duty - pass out a budget.  Until then ESAL.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 01, 2013 02:28 PM (sSHNB)

51 44 Meanwhile, some on our side, Michael Medved, are giving the other side aid
Posted by: Typo Dynamofo at October 01, 2013 06:27 PM (URNUb)
In other words, a normal day for Mr. Medved.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 01, 2013 02:29 PM (vJFM9)

52 They're raping the oranges!  Wait a minute...  we're raping the oranges!!!

Posted by: furloughed government employees at October 01, 2013 02:29 PM (Hx2XA)

53 The only word I've found to describe Harry Reid is "Ghoul". When he speaks I hear the tortured screams of all his victims echoing at once. He is a bad person.

Posted by: BuckIV at October 01, 2013 02:29 PM (gedHR)

54 I don't want to be a rabble rouser. I want to be a minion. Minions get better health care.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2013 02:29 PM (g1DWB)

55 Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 01, 2013 06:25 PM (0HooB) From knowing people who are really suffering and have for years it's hard for me to feel bad for most govt who are out of work for one day.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 02:29 PM (a4Omg)

56

$250/day @ 8hrs =  $31/hr.

 

I wonder how much he gets in bennies?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 01, 2013 02:29 PM (0HooB)

57 How many of these 'non-essential' government service agencies are political slush funds to feed money to loyal democrat constituents? All of them, you say? Shocking.

Posted by: Doan Paddie at October 01, 2013 02:30 PM (9PesZ)

58 I read where Harry Reid's bagman got like 2 years or something. For the children.

Posted by: Dr Spank (Twitter Can Blow Me) at October 01, 2013 02:30 PM (9jLim)

59

Wild, dark times are rumbling toward us, and the prophet who wishes to write a new apocalypse will have to invent entirely new beasts, and beasts so terrible that the ancient animal symbols of St. John will seem like cooing doves and cupids in comparison

Posted by: thunderb at October 01, 2013 02:30 PM (zOTsN)

60 "...a government employee who works with documents management for one of the main departments within the government (Daniel did not want to disclose his last name or full job title for work reasons).But to be honest, I'm losing about $250 a day when I'm not working." $250/ day copy clerk? How DARE this pillar of (ping pong) society be deemed 'non-essential'! It's not as if you can get copies at Kinkos for less than 10 cents! I wonder if that's $250/ day gross or net?

Posted by: Damiano at October 01, 2013 02:31 PM (j0wOO)

61 So was Boehner a long-range jujitsu master the whole time, or is he just lucking into it???  Does he realize now that the government is shut down, he has a winning hand???

Posted by: phreshone at October 01, 2013 02:31 PM (Pr6hk)

62 just repeating from the last post i was left alone on.

govt employee,' today is the first day of my furlough, I do not know how much more i can take!'

day 2, ' no-one knows how hard this is for me, i'm worried about coming up with the money for my health care!,, oh i'm getting health care ? nevermind'.
day 3, 'boss sent an email and said to show up to work as usual!, OMG this has been the worst 3 days of my life"
---

another thing Obama mentioned Obamacare is already funded and up and trying to kinda run.

so why are we even talking ACA funding at this point?

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2013 02:31 PM (nqBYe)

63 58 I read where Harry Reid's bagman got like 2 years or something. For the children.Posted by: Dr Spank (Twitter Can Blow Me) at October 01, 2013 06:30 PM (9jLim)
Is Reggie Love Obama's bagman?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 01, 2013 02:31 PM (vJFM9)

64 They're raping the oranges! Wait a minute... we're raping the oranges!!!


Also, they're looting the Food King!

Posted by: Katy at October 01, 2013 02:32 PM (8ZskC)

65 Nascar just fined one of their Nationwide series drivers (Piquet) $10k and ordered him to sensitivity training because he called another driver, and friend of his, a fag on Instragram. Stupid world we live in when racecar drivers can't tease each other, but he should have know how stupid the modern world is, I guess.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 01, 2013 02:32 PM (ZPrif)

66 But to be honest, I'm losing about $250 a day when I'm not working. That's basically a car payment." Must be a helluva car. Ferrari's don't drive themselves!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 01, 2013 02:32 PM (lwkv9)

67 You want to know why this is happening? These people are in do-nothing FedGov jobs that are basically clucking hen sessions. They go to "work" to socialize on your dime, because they have been in the system long enough to be essentially unfireable and have also delegated whatever duties they may once have had. So when "work" is closed, they go to a place like this and it's "business" as usual.

Posted by: mike at October 01, 2013 02:32 PM (9cYOY)

68 44 Meanwhile, some on our side, Michael Medved, are giving the other side aid by agreeing that it is R's that are petty and that the whole thing is a waste of time because we all know they will lose so why even try. You know, they said Reince Priebus was stupid for insisting on NBC and CNN not running their Hillary biopics if they wanted a GOP debate. You know what? They BOTH caved. Both of them, at nearly the same time. Now I don't know if it's the same crowd in both cases, but the Venn diagram would be very circular.

Posted by: AmishDude at October 01, 2013 02:32 PM (T0NGe)

69 The Democrats' greatest fear is that the shutdown will not cause catastrophe.

Posted by: pointer at October 01, 2013 02:32 PM (m4gAJ)

70 Make these fucking pieces of shit OWN this.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 06:18 PM

Been paying attention today, JJ? Whether straight from the Mocha Messiah, Democrat Congresspigs or filtered through the knob-polishing media, it has already been made abundantly clear that that Prophets of Choom have done everything possible -- more than that, really -- to make life perfect for Teh Folks, while Republicans have, in essence, been committing murder.

I have never seen so well-run an attack campaign. They have sealed every hole, advanced every excuse for their behavior, and have made it impossible to find fault with the liberal swine.

All that's left is for Boner to capitulate "for the good of the country." It'll happen. Soon.

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 01, 2013 02:32 PM (kaGpp)

71 Bertram Cabot Jr. -

In a manner of speaking, yes, he is.

Posted by: WolfinNC at October 01, 2013 02:32 PM (Vvg+J)

72 Don't you people remember how bad the sequester was?!?  I mean,  is that even still going on?  Or something?  It was bad,  right?

Posted by: furloughed government employees at October 01, 2013 02:33 PM (Hx2XA)

73 a government employee who works with documents management for one of the main departments within the government You want your $250, Daniel? Where are the transcripts?

Posted by: t-bird at October 01, 2013 02:33 PM (FcR7P)

74 Harry Reid's shriveled stump is "for the children."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:33 PM (WjLUf)

75 Is Reggie Love Obama's bagman?


In the old days they were called a "Gentleman's Gentleman."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 01, 2013 02:34 PM (8ZskC)

76 70 All that's left is for Boner to capitulate "for the good of the country." It'll happen. Soon. Posted by: MrScribbler at October 01, 2013 06:32 PM (kaGpp) Meh. Business as usual. I want to be sick. But I can't afford the insurance.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:34 PM (WjLUf)

77 Why fund the liberals? They're the party of government. Why allow them to gain strength? If you're going to pass funding in small bills, explicitly don't fund agencies like the IRS, NSA, DOJ etc. Use the leverage for all its worth.

Posted by: Iblis at October 01, 2013 02:34 PM (9221z)

78 67 You want to know why this is happening? These people are in do-nothing FedGov jobs that are basically clucking hen sessions. They go to "work" to socialize on your dime, because they have been in the system long enough to be essentially unfireable and have also delegated whatever duties they may once have had. So when "work" is closed, they go to a place like this and it's "business" as usual.

THIS.

Posted by: shibumi at October 01, 2013 02:35 PM (25HWz)

79 next thing...

Someone on last thread said Obama wasn't denied funding for veterans  was this for veterans  what?
and would that mean once Obamacare is in and everyone depends on Govt hospitals  Obama gets mad and vetos healthcare funding because he's pissd off?

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2013 02:35 PM (nqBYe)

80 “Now ye shall know that the chosen priest & apostle of infinite space is the prince-priest the Beast; and in his woman called the Scarlet Woman is all power given. They shall gather my children into their fold: they shall bring the glory of the stars into the hearts of men.”

Posted by: thunderb at October 01, 2013 02:35 PM (zOTsN)

81 69 The Democrats' greatest fear is that the shutdown will not cause catastrophe. Posted by: pointer at October 01, 2013 06:32 PM (m4gAJ) In theory, it won't. This is why Bukkake Obama will make sure that pain will be felt. Loathsome bastard.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:35 PM (WjLUf)

82 The democrats think they are in the catbird seat. They think they can support Obama in this whole mess and the Republicans will be blamed and they will easily be re-elected. I never heard of a president and his party refusing to talk with the opposition. It is their way or the highway--and they are getting away with it. Why do we need an opposition party? It's just whatever Obama wants however he wants it.

Posted by: AnnaS at October 01, 2013 02:35 PM (UN0/t)

83 Nascar is quick on this. Piquet did it just a few hours ago and Nascar had already fined and hid him delete before anybody noticed. Funny thing is Piquet is a Brazilian and former F1 driver who's now working his way up Nascar's minor leagues. So basically the least Redneck driver in Nascar.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 01, 2013 02:35 PM (ZPrif)

84 All that's left is for Boner to capitulate "for the good of the country." It'll happen. Soon.
Posted by: MrScribbler

But not really.  People are getting numb to this shutdown panic.  It just doesn't affect much.  A couple of days and it's meh.

Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 02:36 PM (Hx2XA)

85 Teh Ted on Levin now...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:36 PM (WjLUf)

86 Obama denied funding for*

sheesh

Posted by: willow at October 01, 2013 02:36 PM (nqBYe)

87
NPR News ‏@nprnews

Scenes Of A Shutdown: A Synagogue Hosts Furloughed Workers http://n.pr/16VPMAQ




Temple Beth Barack.....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 01, 2013 02:36 PM (kdS6q)

88 The longer these idiots are furloughed the less damage they can do.

Posted by: Dr Spank (Twitter Can Blow Me) at October 01, 2013 02:36 PM (9jLim)

89 Meanwhile, some on our side, Michael Medved, are giving the other side aid by agreeing that it is R's that are petty and that the whole thing is a waste of time because we all know they will lose so why even try. I stopped listening to Medved when he was pimping John McCain to his listeners. If anyone questioned anything McCain did, he'd trot out this group or that group and "Group X endorsed him, do you think they would endorse someone who wasn't conservative enough?"

Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2013 02:36 PM (yETln)

90 If he is a government employee he's not losing shit. Now if he is a federal contractor, then he might be f*****d. I know we will be.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 01, 2013 02:37 PM (l3vZN)

91 Just heard a report on another essential gov't employee. Dude had a senior level position at the EPA but he told them he was also an undercover agent for the CIA and he would disappear for days, weeks even months at a time. He told the EPA that he had a back condition (false) that forced him to fly 1st class to places like London (on CIA business) and stay i $1000/per night hotels. He also spent a ton of time at his vacation home when he was supposedly on CIA business. He finally got caught but was not fired. Best part, he was allowed to retire and is now collecting his full pension from the EPA. Top men.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2013 02:37 PM (g1DWB)

92 There's a brou ha ha brewing in the UK. The DM wrote an article attacking Ed Miliband's dead daddy. The left is calling it a "smear" which is what the left calls facts. They say you should never attack a politician's family (hahahaha!). But Ed is always bringing up his dad, praising him, and saying how much he learned from. The problem is that his dead daddy was a raging commie of the stalinist type. So, the DM tried to refresh its readers as to what the dead daddy was all about.

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman, PhD Bitches! at October 01, 2013 02:37 PM (paOCA)

93 Michael Medved hung out with Roger Ebert too long.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:37 PM (WjLUf)

94 The reaction I've seen to the shutdown so far is indifference. It'll only get more indifferent.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 01, 2013 02:37 PM (uhAkr)

95 "I'm trying to keep a positive attitude about it..."


Didn't the NYT try to sell high unemployment as "staycations!!"?
I imagine the fact that these lost souls, these hobos in training huddling together on 6th and I will likely get back pay will help their attitude.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 01, 2013 02:38 PM (vvueH)

96 You want to know why this is happening? These people are in do-nothing FedGov jobs that are basically clucking hen sessions. They go to "work" to socialize on your dime, because they have been in the system long enough to be essentially unfireable and have also delegated whatever duties they may once have had. This is the problem, who wants to spend their life weaseling out of work and doing nothing. Normal people can't function in this cluster duck, that's why they get out and losers run the place.

Posted by: Madamex at October 01, 2013 02:38 PM (islXR)

97 Even more than TFG, Dingy has been at the forefront of obstructing anything he doesn't like. Most House bills never see the light of day in the Senate due to him.
 
He needs to be taken down several notches, and this is a great way to do it. I fact, I wonder if it was the consistent obstructionism of Reid that finally led to Boner stiffening his spine?
 
I know this -- I don't care how long the shutdown goes on. It doesn't materially affect me, and even if it did I would feel the same way. Technically, OCare benefits me, but I still won't cooperate with it.
 
The House has the Constitutional duty to originate spending bills. The Senate and TFG have to figure out a way to get most of what they want through that process. It appears they need to learn that lesson.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 01, 2013 02:38 PM (wNF3N)

98 87 Temple Beth Barack..... Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 01, 2013 06:36 PM (kdS6q) B'nai Gey Kok in Affin Yom...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:38 PM (WjLUf)

99 Just heard a report on another essential gov't employee. I read that yesterday. He didn't show up for thirteen years (?!) and was accused of stealing $900,000 in salary.

Posted by: t-bird at October 01, 2013 02:38 PM (FcR7P)

100 We might joke about this shutdown now, but the growing backlog of unfinished TPS reports is no laughing matter.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 01, 2013 02:38 PM (+lsX1)

101 Scenes Of A Shutdown: A Synagogue Hosts Furloughed Workers http://n.pr/16VPMAQ What, they're fucking homeless now?

Posted by: AmishDude at October 01, 2013 02:39 PM (T0NGe)

102 We need to eject these losers from DC for their own good.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at October 01, 2013 02:39 PM (0q2P7)

103 Senate is adjourned until 1030 am.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 02:39 PM (DmNpO)

104 Amish- thanks for mentioning that. I hadn't made the connection between Prebus and the drop.


Posted by: Typo Dynamofo at October 01, 2013 02:39 PM (URNUb)

105 Oh, the humanity! Some- please, please tell me that they'll still be cowboy poetry! ... and beer pong! Hmm... I wonder if the First Lady's' salary and staff are considered non-essential? Last time I checked, First Ladies don't have official duties or anything. OMG! What about Moochelle's HAIR!?! How will His Majesty keep his trousers creased!

Posted by: Damiano at October 01, 2013 02:39 PM (j0wOO)

106 Larry Elder is definitely on our side. He just made some very good arguments on why the donks are full of shit.

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman, PhD Bitches! at October 01, 2013 02:39 PM (paOCA)

107 101 Scenes Of A Shutdown: A Synagogue Hosts Furloughed Workers http://n.pr/16VPMAQ What, they're fucking homeless now? Posted by: AmishDude at October 01, 2013 06:39 PM (T0NGe) Maybe they just needed a minyon for evening services.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:39 PM (WjLUf)

108 Were Obama's young, hip speechwriters there with their Hillary cutout?

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 01, 2013 02:39 PM (jucos)

109 Best part, he was allowed to retire and is now collecting his full pension from the EPA. Top men. Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2013 06:37 PM (g1DWB) But there is no incentive for his EPA boss to rat him out.

Posted by: AmishDude at October 01, 2013 02:40 PM (T0NGe)

110 103 Senate is adjourned until 1030 am.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 06:39 PM (DmNpO)


Gird your loins....another long night ahead.

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 01, 2013 02:40 PM (FIDMq)

111 The sun is setting. Bring on the 10,000 year night.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at October 01, 2013 02:40 PM (KRpfP)

112 Uhh? Who in bloody Hell is Mike Lee? Why should anyone pay attention to him? I hear Reid's a child molester. If true he should be shot dead.... Does that make me a "terrorist?"

Posted by: backhoe at October 01, 2013 02:40 PM (ULH4o)

113 Hey, if they can't afford to keep the NPS websites up how on earth is it that NPR is still on?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 01, 2013 02:40 PM (vvueH)

114 >>I read that yesterday. He didn't show up for thirteen years (?!) and was accused of stealing $900,000 in salary. I don't want to sound negative but it almost seems like our government is screwing us.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2013 02:40 PM (g1DWB)

115 Hell if nothing is going on, the Congress might as well just keep sending funding bills up to the Senate and let them shit can it. Should look good in a commercial.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 02:40 PM (1RQeV)

116 Honestly, these fucking criminal perverts in DC are lucky that we the people are well-behaved and civil. VERY. FUCKING. LUCKY.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:40 PM (WjLUf)

117 Teh Ted on Levin now... **** Jesse Watters tweeted earlier that Cruz will be on BOR tonight and that it gets heated.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 02:41 PM (DmNpO)

118 I don't want to be a rabble rouser. I want to be a minion.

Minions get better health care.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2013 06:29 PM (g1DWB)

 

Question: do henchmen, minions, flunkies, and goons put, respectively, 'Henchman', 'Minion', 'Flunky', and 'Goon' on their tax returns? I've always wondered about that.

Posted by: troyriser at October 01, 2013 02:41 PM (gNlvW)

119 Furloughed government workers?  Fuck 'em.  They're socialist leaches feeding on the ass of capitalism.

Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 02:41 PM (Hx2XA)

120 Reminds me of those incompetent and/or abusive and/or pedophile teachers who can't be fired and are sent to the rubber room for everyone's safety.  The good news is these non-essential gov't folks aren't getting paid.  Guess they should unionize, huh?

Posted by: Laughin' Observer at October 01, 2013 02:42 PM (9csZ/)

121 117 Jesse Watters tweeted earlier that Cruz will be on BOR tonight and that it gets heated. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 06:41 PM (DmNpO) Ain't got cable. And Ted Cruz is one helluva good debater and media person.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:42 PM (WjLUf)

122 Gird your loins....another long night ahead. *** Didn't even hang around to vote on the House funding bills

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 02:42 PM (DmNpO)

123 The sun is setting. Bring on the 10,000 year night. If we make it thru tonight, the survivors will have to rebuild gov't from the ashes.

Posted by: Nightfall at October 01, 2013 02:42 PM (FcR7P)

124 Scenes Of A Shutdown: A Synagogue Hosts Furloughed Workers http://n.pr/16VPMAQ What, they're fucking homeless now? I was wondering about that. Maybe they're all so used to working, going to the bar, then crashing that their apartments are impossibly small and utilitarian.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2013 02:42 PM (yETln)

125 Maybe they just needed a minyon for evening services.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 06:39 PM (WjLUf)

____________________

You know full well that us Yids are not just run of the mill Gubmint workers. 

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 01, 2013 02:42 PM (jucos)

126 117 O'Reilly is such an asshole.

Posted by: steevy at October 01, 2013 02:42 PM (9XBK2)

127 Anyway, the thing is that the Medved wing, which includes plenty of "moderates" (one a morning glory who shall remain nameless) have also handed the D's their talking point of "teaparty faction" and a "small group of extremists Repubs" with which they are trying to divide the party.

Thanks guys.

Posted by: Typo Dynamofo at October 01, 2013 02:42 PM (URNUb)

128 Furloughed government workers? Fuck 'em. They're socialist leaches feeding on the ass of capitalism. Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 06:41 PM (Hx2XA) Yeah, BUT just remember some of the morons here work for the Federal Gov and they are on our side. So I'd temper that statement some

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 02:42 PM (1RQeV)

129

I don't want to be a rabble rouser. I want to be a minion. Minions get better health care.

 

That doesn't sound like Alextopia at all. 

Not that I want to upset the Empress.  I was just happy to have a pallet. 

Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2013 02:43 PM (t5y/A)

130 What does the House do while the Senate in adjourned? Do they come back to work before 10:30 or are they adjourned too?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 02:43 PM (a4Omg)

131 Maybe they just needed a minyon for evening services.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 06:39 PM (WjLUf)

$50 says that service has a guitar player, everyone holds hands, God is a "she," and the prayers are edited to hope for world peace, equality, a living wage and gay marriage.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 02:43 PM (/kU/5)

132 67 You want to know why this is happening? These people are in do-nothing FedGov jobs that are basically clucking hen sessions. They go to "work" to socialize on your dime, because they have been in the system long enough to be essentially unfireable and have also delegated whatever duties they may once have had. So when "work" is closed, they go to a place like this and it's "business" as usual.

Posted by: mike at October 01, 2013 06:32 PM (9cYOY)



This. I agree, and I'm a GS13 for one of the services.  Our office took a big hit.  We have military as well as GS (and a few contractors), and we're actually understaffed even at full strength.  There are a lot of things not getting done, and since most of the continuity is provided by the GS's, there's a lot of experience that's unavailable.


That said, there absolutely needs to be a way to thin the herd of government, but it must not be via seniority.  I hate the union, refuse to join, and think it's an impediment to the mission.  I have no problem with veterans preferences at hiring time, but those preferences stay for RIFs, and they shouldn't.  It's nearly impossible to fire for cause, and if you can check a demographic box, you're even more secure.  It's bullshit, and it's strangling the government.

Posted by: SARDiver at October 01, 2013 02:43 PM (vymXC)

133 Question: do henchmen, minions, flunkies, and goons put, respectively, 'Henchman', 'Minion', 'Flunky', and 'Goon' on their tax returns? I've always wondered about that. No, they put United Auto Worker.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2013 02:43 PM (yETln)

134 People are getting numb to this shutdown panic. It just doesn't affect much. A couple of days and it's meh.
Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 06:36 PM

Choom Boy has ramped this up. Historic sites, parks and various public places are being shut down, complete with signs explaining the Democrat version of "why."

Whoever is behind this campaign is a fuckin' genius. I hate to say it, but they have everyone who is in favor of common sense by the short curlies. We sound like a bunch of Ayn Rand-reading "let the unproductive die!"* types who are sitting in our limos blocking Choom Boy from carrying the cross He Bears For All of Us.

I'd be happy to suggest a bipartisan solution: arrest one person from the White House (yup, him first) and one member of Congress from both parties every hour this hideous clusterfuck isn't brought to a conclusion. Then forget to let any of 'em out.


* Okay, that's a fair complaint. A lot of peeps here do come off that way a lot of the time. But that's what you come to expect from the Kouch Kommandoes.

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 01, 2013 02:44 PM (kaGpp)

135 Rapscallion...always wanted to be called a rapscallion

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 01, 2013 02:44 PM (FIDMq)

136

$50 says that service has a guitar player, everyone holds hands, God is a "she," and the prayers are edited to hope for world peace, equality, a living wage and gay marriage.

 

Another $50 says he's not as good as JimmyRay.

Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2013 02:44 PM (t5y/A)

137

Not that I want to upset the Empress. I was just happy to have a pallet.

----

I used to DREAM of having a pallet.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at October 01, 2013 02:44 PM (EGPJQ)

138 Mean time while Washington DC burns: IÂ’m sure if the Vatican called for the destruction of all mosques in Europe it would go unnoticed by the media. Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah has once again called for the destruction of all Churches on the Arabian Peninsula. Hey maybe obama can get on the phone with this swell guy also?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 02:44 PM (1RQeV)

139 130 What does the House do while the Senate in adjourned? Do they come back to work before 10:30 or are they adjourned too? Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 06:43 PM (a4Omg) John Boehner should just defund Obamacare and DEEM IT PASSED. Sauce for the fucking goose, yo.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:44 PM (WjLUf)

140 Here's what's really funny:  300+ Million Americans wouldn't even notice any of this if Barry's propaganda media wasn't telling them the sky is falling, the world is ending and we're all gonna die.   Just like with the sequester.

Posted by: Laughin' Observer at October 01, 2013 02:44 PM (9csZ/)

141 Yeah, BUT just remember some of the morons here work for the Federal Gov and they are on our side. So I'd temper that statement some. Very true. We can't assume all government people are useless and/or voted for Obama. Last time there was a shutdown it got kind of nasty here. Let's not fire on our side, please.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 02:45 PM (a4Omg)

142 This is very funny:  http://tinyurl.com/pazn2hp

Posted by: knowledge is power at October 01, 2013 02:45 PM (Nx76m)

143 135 Rapscallion...always wanted to be called a rapscallion Posted by: Red Shirt at October 01, 2013 06:44 PM (FIDMq) I like rapscallions in my moo-shoo pancakes.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:45 PM (WjLUf)

144 Minions get better health care.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2013 06:29 PM (g1DWB)

That's because all of the doctors are Jews!

I'm here 'til Thursday. Try the veal, and don't forget to tip your waiter.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 02:45 PM (/kU/5)

145 113 Hey, if they can't afford to keep the NPS websites up how on earth is it that NPR is still on? Simple. NPR just gets a subsidy.

Posted by: AmishDude at October 01, 2013 02:45 PM (T0NGe)

146 What a fucking douche Daniel is, huh? That said, I really should send him a thank you note. I'm feeling better about 800,000 furloughs already. Time is not on the Dem side on this thing.

Posted by: JQP at October 01, 2013 02:45 PM (U4GjV)

147
Harry Reids Bagman gets Bagged.

http://tinyurl.com/Reid-s-Bagman

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 01, 2013 02:45 PM (sj9LN)

148
Gird your loins....another long night ahead.





We'd better get back, 'cause it'll be dark soon, and Bureau of Labor non-farming payroll statisticians mostly come at night.

Mostly....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 01, 2013 02:46 PM (kdS6q)

149

Ted Cruz on Levin:  It's in the hands of the American people now.  Call your rep (if he's in the defund gang) and thank him for doing the right thing.  If not, beeyotch and ask them why they and their staffs deserve special treatment.

 

"This is what resistance in Washington, D.C. looks like.  We are seeing the power of the people making D.C. listen."

 

Sign the dontfundit.com petition, go on legislator's FBs and Twitters.

Posted by: RushBabe at October 01, 2013 02:47 PM (hrIP5)

150 Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 06:44 PM (1RQeV) Obama would not care if all churches on the Arabian peninsula were burned down.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 02:47 PM (a4Omg)

151 The problem is there are too many non essential employees. Non essential employees are called ex employees in the private sector.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at October 01, 2013 02:47 PM (KRpfP)

152 144 Minions get better health care. Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2013 06:29 PM (g1DWB) That's because all of the doctors are Jews! I'm here 'til Thursday. Try the veal, and don't forget to tip your waiter. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 06:45 PM (/kU/5) He really meant "moulin-yans." Now I denounce myself...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:47 PM (WjLUf)

153 119 Furloughed government workers? Fuck 'em. They're socialist leaches feeding on the ass of capitalism.

Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 06:41 PM (Hx2XA)


My work has led directly to lives saved on the battlefield.  I worked my ass off in industry for 14 years to get knowledge and experience to do the work I do.  I took the same oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and Goddamn it, that means something to me.


So fuck you.

Posted by: SARDiver at October 01, 2013 02:47 PM (vymXC)

154 I read that yesterday. He didn't show up for thirteen years (?!) and was accused of stealing $900,000 in salary.


He skipped one day a week for 13 years.  I saw the total amount of money from those 676 days (52x13) was around $880,000.  Does that really come out to $1,300 per day?  His salary is $338,000 per year?

Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 02:47 PM (Hx2XA)

155 Call me crazy but in a country with a real unemployment rate in the teens and the lowest labor participation in decades I don't think the White House is going to get the outpouring of support for federal workers on furlough they thought they would.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2013 02:48 PM (g1DWB)

156

Obligatory Reggie Love reference:

I will assume that Reggie has been deemed an "essential" employee.....

Posted by: MATH, it's whats for dinner.... at October 01, 2013 02:48 PM (61BD9)

157 149 Posted by: RushBabe at October 01, 2013 06:47 PM (hrIP5) Calling Gerald Nadler and Gary Ackerman now. Oh, wait. Seriously, I went door to door for Mike Grimm in '10 and he's a Peter King sellout. Bastard.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:48 PM (WjLUf)

158 He really meant "moulin-yans." Now I denounce myself...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 06:47 PM (WjLUf)

Luckily not many of us know what you just said....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 02:49 PM (/kU/5)

159 So has the sky fallen yet?

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at October 01, 2013 02:49 PM (9+ccr)

160 My work has led directly to lives saved on the battlefield. I worked my ass off in industry for 14 years to get knowledge and experience to do the work I do. I took the same oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and Goddamn it, that means something to me.
So fuck you.
Posted by: SARDiver

So you've been furloughed?

Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 02:49 PM (Hx2XA)

161 Got my fingerless gloves and ratty old coat, hoodie for underneath.  Put some lumber scraps in the burn barrel and the other men from the cul-de-sac will be joining me in keeping warm and discussing defensive strategies while our teen sons keep lookout down at the mouth of the street.  Walkie talkies are fully charged, weapons are cleaned and ready, concertina wire is set,  empty chef-boy-r-dee cans dangling.  12 hours of darkness with temps falling into the low 70's by early morning.  Stay alert and frosty.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 01, 2013 02:49 PM (BAS5M)

162 Posted by: SARDiver at October 01, 2013 06:47 PM (vymXC) I understand your frustration. People are overreacting. Not all Fed employees are the enemy. Just realize that they probably don't know anyone who works for the Fed. Government.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 02:50 PM (a4Omg)

163 >>He skipped one day a week for 13 years. I saw the total amount of money from those 676 days (52x13) was around $880,000. Does that really come out to $1,300 per day? His salary is $338,000 per year? Don't forget the expenses. He took a lot of trips and they were all 1st class.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2013 02:50 PM (g1DWB)

164 Why do we lose: Because the dems hang together like 6 month old dirty laundry and one day into this the Republicans are already at each others throats. This is no way to win a war

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 02:50 PM (1RQeV)

165 I will assume that Reggie has been deemed an "essential" employee What does a real (read: not a sex toy) body man do? Is that like a personal assistant?

Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2013 02:50 PM (yETln)

166 158 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 06:49 PM (/kU/5) As the late great Dennis Hopper said in "True Romance" "...so your part EGGPLANT!" Get it?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:50 PM (WjLUf)

167 I saw fuck it and let's not fund anything. No national parks. No Panda cams. No White House tours. None of it. Just fund shit that is actually useful like the FAA, the court system, border patrol, etc. Show the masses that you can live a very nice comfortable life without having to rely on the govt for day to day activities.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 01, 2013 02:50 PM (HDgX3)

168 If we make it thru tonight, the survivors will have to rebuild gov't from the ashes. Challenge accepted!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 01, 2013 02:50 PM (lwkv9)

169

I'll say it again:  800K workers furloughed is a start.  I suggest House GOP uses this as openers for debt negotiation. If you're gonna be labeled a terrorist, you might as well negotiate like one.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at October 01, 2013 02:50 PM (EGPJQ)

170 The problem is there are too many non essential employees. Non essential employees are called ex employees in the private sector. Posted by: Boss Moss

This is a teaching moment.

Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 02:50 PM (Hx2XA)

171 He really meant "moulin-yans." Now I denounce myself... Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 06:47 PM (WjLUf) Luckily not many of us know what you just said.... Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 06:49 PM (/kU/5) Only uz guys from joosy and brooklyn

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 02:51 PM (1RQeV)

172 >>What does a real (read: not a sex toy) body man do? Is that like a personal assistant?

Ask Huma, oh wait, never mind....

Posted by: Lizzy at October 01, 2013 02:51 PM (vvueH)

173 So this Daniel guy is being paid somewhere around $30 an hour to fart around with documents?

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at October 01, 2013 02:52 PM (vd7A8)

174 How many people have totally dropped out of the labor force since 2009? That's why I could care fuck-all for non-essential government employees.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:52 PM (WjLUf)

175 $250 dollars a day? This fucking "document manager" is making $62K a year??? Plus, I'm sure, a ridiculous benefit package. Fuck him.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 01, 2013 02:52 PM (GEICT)

176 I'm so sick of the national parks. Seriously. Parks should be funded by user fees. You want to camp in Yellowstone? Pay $100/night (or whatever the true cost of it is) and do it. I don't see why I have to subsidize your camping trips via tax dollars. Nobody subsidizes me when I play golf or go skiing. Why the fuck do I need to subsidize your camping trips?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 01, 2013 02:52 PM (HDgX3)

177 Must venture out onto the Serengeti plain. I must answer the call of the soft serve. If I don't make it back, so long and thanks for all the fish. 

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at October 01, 2013 02:52 PM (KRpfP)

178 171 Only uz guys from joosy and brooklyn Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 06:51 PM (1RQeV) JOO-sy? JOO???? LOL!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:52 PM (WjLUf)

179

BRB

 

gotta check the perimeter

Posted by: thunderb at October 01, 2013 02:53 PM (zOTsN)

180 Get it?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 06:50 PM (WjLUf)

I'm talking about the other people. I know what you said....

"True Romance" was a great movie. One of my favorites. And Hopper's last scene was incredible. Some of the best acting ever.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 02:53 PM (/kU/5)

181 $250 dollars a day? This fucking "document manager" is making $62K a year??? Plus, I'm sure, a ridiculous benefit package. You should see him work the copier. He's the David Blaine of the Xerox world.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2013 02:53 PM (yETln)

182 Posted by: SARDiver at October 01, 2013 06:47 PM (vymXC)

You mad bro?

Cause there are people that have worked and studied a lot longer than 14 years in the private sector getting screwed, but yeah its all about you.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 01, 2013 02:53 PM (sj9LN)

183 You would think the enviro-nazis would be doing back-flips because the national parks are closed.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:53 PM (WjLUf)

184 Doesn't NON-ESSENTIAL mean basically not needed? So why the fuck are they on the payroll to begin with?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 01, 2013 02:53 PM (HDgX3)

185 Will Manage Documents For Audi Payments

Posted by: sad man on a DC street corner at October 01, 2013 02:53 PM (B9MDs)

186 158 He really meant "moulin-yans." Now I denounce myself... Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 06:47 PM (WjLUf) Luckily not many of us know what you just said.... Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 06:49 PM (/kU/5) Some of us do.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 01, 2013 02:53 PM (GEICT)

187
HHS opens the O'BamaCare hotline with 150 language capability to answer questions.


If they're here and don't speak English, why are they allowed to stay and suck from the taxpayers?  Oh yeah, it's all about voting for Democrat candidates.  Fuck 'um all!


Posted by: Doctor Fish at October 01, 2013 02:53 PM (pJF+c)

188
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Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 01, 2013 02:54 PM (kdS6q)

189 151 The problem is there are too many non essential employees. Non essential employees are called ex employees in the private sector.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at October 01, 2013 06:47 PM (KRpfP)


If "non-essential" meant the same thing in government parlance that it does in the private sector, you'd be right.  Private industry can cull non-performers, though.  Public sector unions don't allow that, which is why I can't stand the GS system.

"Essential" employees are bare bones crews.  They're designated as such (and usually supervisors, or with specific skills needed for time sensitive operations) and have to report during emergencies, or contingencies like this.  They can maintain things for a short while, but not for sustained operations.  Even the non-essential workers perform essential tasks, but there's usually not a short term time criticality to them.

Posted by: SARDiver at October 01, 2013 02:54 PM (vymXC)

190 180 "True Romance" was a great movie. One of my favorites. And Hopper's last scene was incredible. Some of the best acting ever. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 06:53 PM (/kU/5) Good friend of mine is in it. Plays a Sicilian hit-man in Walken's crew.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:54 PM (WjLUf)

191 Walkie talkies are fully charged, weapons are cleaned and ready, concertina wire is set, empty chef-boy-r-dee cans dangling. 12 hours of darkness with temps falling into the low 70's by early morning. Stay alert and frosty.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 01, 2013 06:49 PM (BAS5M)



LIV's,  come out and play yay *clank* *clank* *clank*

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 01, 2013 02:54 PM (FIDMq)

192 Fuck him.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 01, 2013 06:52 PM (GEICT)

Some of the new copiers are really complicated. And when the toner leaks it's a real mess.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 02:54 PM (/kU/5)

193

TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS A DAY!?!?

And that dumb fuck still finances his car. I hope you never go back to work.

Posted by: WheelmanForHire at October 01, 2013 02:55 PM (ptf90)

194 BRB gotta check the perimeter Posted by: thunderb at October 01, 2013 06:53 PM (zOTsN) Why? Did one of your claymore mines got off?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 02:55 PM (1RQeV)

195 $250 a day? Poor Danny-Boy. Any number of people would likely take his job and think themselves in clover at $200 a day.

Maybe we ought to auction off government jobs, to the lowest bidder...couldn't be worse than what we get now.

Posted by: Retread at October 01, 2013 02:55 PM (Oz+LZ)

196 Some of the new copiers are really complicated. And when the toner leaks it's a real mess. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 06:54 PM (/kU/5) Yeah, I'm sure that scanner is a real bitch.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 01, 2013 02:55 PM (GEICT)

197 I'm so sick of the national parks. Seriously. Parks should be funded by user fees. You want to camp in Yellowstone? Pay $100/night (or whatever the true cost of it is) and do it. I don't see why I have to subsidize your camping trips via tax dollars.

Nobody subsidizes me when I play golf or go skiing. Why the fuck do I need to subsidize your camping trips?

You don't seem to grasp the distinction between public and private property.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 01, 2013 02:55 PM (+lsX1)

198 RAGE: Jamie Dupree ‏@jamiedupree 3m While the WW II memorial was roped off today by the Park Service, the DC WW I memorial nearby was not

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 02:55 PM (DmNpO)

199 sixthandi.org I see; It's the Unitarian branch of the Jewish faith. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 02:56 PM (a4Omg)

200 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 06:54 PM (WjLUf)

Somebody stole my DVD. I am pissed.

Oh, and Patricia Arquette's boobs are stupendous.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 02:56 PM (/kU/5)

201 199 sixthandi.org I see; It's the Unitarian branch of the Jewish faith. ;^) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 06:56 PM (a4Omg) Momma Sefton of blessed memory derisively referred to them as "Joo-nitarians."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:56 PM (WjLUf)

202 You don't seem to grasp the distinction between public and private property. Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 01, 2013 06:55 PM (+lsX1) ______________ So where are the free golf courses I can play on this public property you speak of?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 01, 2013 02:56 PM (HDgX3)

203 yo, copier man has a career!!!!

Posted by: thunderb at October 01, 2013 02:57 PM (zOTsN)

204 While the WW II memorial was roped off today by the Park Service, the DC WW I memorial nearby was not Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 06:55 PM (DmNpO) Well in all honesty, it would be some freaken miracle if any WW1 Vets showed up!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 02:57 PM (1RQeV)

205 Service, the DC WW I memorial nearby was not Because they actually can't complicate the lives of WWI Vets.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 02:57 PM (a4Omg)

206 Jamie Dupree ‏@jamiedupree 3m While the WW II memorial was roped off today by the Park Service, the DC WW I memorial nearby was not Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 06:55 PM (DmNpO) I linked to that story on Facebook. Plus my....commentary on the situation. Btw, you see the tweet I sent you???

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 01, 2013 02:57 PM (GEICT)

207 200 Oh, and Patricia Arquette's boobs are stupendous. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 06:56 PM (/kU/5) Those were some major league announcements.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:57 PM (WjLUf)

208 161 Posted by: Count de Monet at October 01, 2013 06:49 PM (BAS5M) ***** I love the smell of Beefaroni in the morning....

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at October 01, 2013 02:57 PM (MhA4j)

209 Some of the new copiers are really complicated. And when the toner leaks it's a real mess. I honestly don't doubt that his job is necessary. Any larger legal company will have a document group. I doubt they pay their people 65K/year though.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2013 02:57 PM (yETln)

210 Also note that despite his lavish sinecure, this do nothing paper-shuffler is still living beyond his means borrowing money for a luxury car. There are tons of them like this, they are the real welfare queens and they are functionally retarded. If you live in DC you see these idiots drive around everywhere, maxed out credit cards, escalades, lifelong renters, this is all the norm in their circles. And then when they meet someone who actually saves money and invests and is financially secure, they act like you're some one-percenter who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

Posted by: mike at October 01, 2013 02:58 PM (9cYOY)

211 Jamie Dupree ‏@jamiedupree 3m
While the WW II memorial was roped off today by the Park Service, the DC WW I memorial nearby was not

Ain't a lot of WWI vets looking to visit, but they managed to piss off the WWII guys. Got lots of chuckles at work when they flash-mobbed the memorial.

Posted by: Retread at October 01, 2013 02:58 PM (Oz+LZ)

212 Yeah, I'm sure that scanner is a real bitch.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 01, 2013 06:55 PM (GEICT)

Sometimes loading the two-sided copies gets really tough. You have to make sure that everything is facing the correct way, or it doesn't work!

It's really stressful.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 02:58 PM (/kU/5)

213 202 You don't seem to grasp the distinction between public and private property. Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 01, 2013 06:55 PM (+lsX1) ______________ And fine, it's public land. You can go on the public land. Why does that public land need to have camp sites and visitor centers and boat launches and all sorts of shit that is subsidized by tax dollars? You want to camp and boat on public lands, pay for it your own damn self.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 01, 2013 02:58 PM (HDgX3)

214

they wanted a sad photo op of wheel-chaired heroes being denied entry to memorial because, Shut Down

 

they didn't figure they would take that hill instead

Posted by: thunderb at October 01, 2013 02:58 PM (zOTsN)

215 I'm so sick of the national parks. Seriously. Parks should be funded by user fees. You want to camp in Yellowstone? Pay $100/night (or whatever the true cost of it is) and do it. I don't see why I have to subsidize your camping trips via tax dollars.

Nobody subsidizes me when I play golf or go skiing. Why the fuck do I need to subsidize your camping trips? Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo


Some of those park employes are making serious coin.  Just went to usajobs.gov...

Salary: $96,690.00 - $125,695.00 / Per Year  -Park Manager

Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 02:58 PM (Hx2XA)

216 208 I love the smell of Beefaroni in the morning.... Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at October 01, 2013 06:57 PM (MhA4j Mmmm! This Tuna Helper tastes good all by itself!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 02:58 PM (WjLUf)

217 sell off the public lands to the highest bidder. Fuck the national parks.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 01, 2013 02:59 PM (ZPrif)

218
sixthandi.org

It's the Unitarian branch of the Jewish faith.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke




A Williams-Sonoma with bad crackers and good candlesticks....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 01, 2013 02:59 PM (kdS6q)

219 Seriously, I went door to door for Mike Grimm in '10 and he's a Peter King sellout.

Bastard.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 06:48 PM (WjLUf)

 

You've got more to worry about closer to home.  There was one heckuva profile of DeBlasio on Beck tonight.  He said it was taken right from the NY Slimes, Page A-1.  You'll be begging to have Herr Bloomburg back when this commie gets elected.  He honeymooned in Cuba.  (Bonus:  DeBlasio was a community organizer and thinks the US will have a copacetic agreement with the muzzies in running our country. (Well, we've got that already.)

Posted by: RushBabe at October 01, 2013 02:59 PM (hrIP5)

220 I honestly don't doubt that his job is necessary. Any larger legal company will have a document group. I doubt they pay their people 65K/year though. Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2013 06:57 PM (yETln) ___________ You could find 100 college students willing to do that work for $10/hr.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 01, 2013 02:59 PM (HDgX3)

221 217:  Drill baby drill.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at October 01, 2013 03:00 PM (EGPJQ)

222 Sometimes loading the two-sided copies gets really tough. You have to make sure that everything is facing the correct way, or it doesn't work! It's really stressful. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 06:58 PM (/kU/5) Hey, if the stress gets too bad he can always relax in the lounge they have (I can almost guarantee it). Couple games of pinball will put you right. And if not, well, SSDI it is.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 01, 2013 03:00 PM (GEICT)

223 SCENE: DNC STRATEGY ROOM

Flunkie 1: Ok, let's start coming up with some strategy here.

Flunkie 2: Ohohoh! We could call those asshole Republicans following Ted Cruz, we could call them 'Cruzers'. Like, as in Born Loser, 'Born Cruzers' ahahahaha!

Flunkie 1: Ok, yeah, i see where you're going...

Flunkie 3: Ohohohoh! I know: 'Crudites'! YOu know like the veggie platters -

Flunkie 1: Yeah, I don't know about that -

Flunkie 2: How 'bout 'Walter White-wannabes' 'cause you know, racissss an' he wants to be white.

Flunkie 3: Yeah, racisss!

Flunkie 1: Hmm, mebbe time for a break -

Flunkie 4: Shit! Check this out: Fuckin' Ted Underoos! GNOME IM SAYIN'!

ROOM: Rabble, rabble, rabble! Yeah! Rabble, rabble, rabble!
( fist bumps, chest slams, chair smashing )

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 01, 2013 03:00 PM (ligos)

224 210 Posted by: mike at October 01, 2013 06:58 PM (9cYOY) The majority of government workers are there because of "The Great Society." You all can fill in the blanks with that statement. I mean nothing more than a statement of fact.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 03:00 PM (WjLUf)

225 Patricia Arquette in "True Romance."

Unfortunately safe for work.

http://tinyurl.com/ncf5wp8

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 03:00 PM (/kU/5)

226

there has been a breech in the perimeter!

 

oh....  the dog had to do his evening business

Posted by: thunderb at October 01, 2013 03:01 PM (zOTsN)

227 Some of those park employes are making serious coin. Just went to usajobs.gov... Salary: $96,690.00 - $125,695.00 / Per Year -Park Manager Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 06:58 PM (Hx2XA) __________ Plus free housing. Granted it's not much housing, but if you're up for living in a cabin in the park, you life for free while making $125K a year. Not a bad gig whatsoever.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 01, 2013 03:01 PM (HDgX3)

228 Obama said "Put our public serpents back to work." Hand to God....

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at October 01, 2013 03:01 PM (MhA4j)

229 You've got more to worry about closer to home. There was one heckuva profile of DeBlasio on Beck tonight. He said it was taken right from the NY Slimes, Page A-1. You'll be begging to have Herr Bloomburg back when this commie gets elected. He honeymooned in Cuba. (Bonus: DeBlasio was a community organizer and thinks the US will have a copacetic agreementwith the muzzies in running our country. (Well, we've got that already.) Posted by: RushBabe at October 01, 2013 06:59 PM (hrIP5) I told you all here 2 months ago that anyone who won the Dem. Primary for Mayor here in NYC was gonna make Bloomberg look like Attila the Hun

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 03:01 PM (1RQeV)

230 182 Posted by: SARDiver at October 01, 2013 06:47 PM (vymXC)

You mad bro?

Cause there are people that have worked and studied a lot longer than 14 years in the private sector getting screwed, but yeah its all about you.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 01, 2013 06:53 PM (sj9LN)

Right, because when someone calls you a leech, it's wrong to take it personally.  What I should have done was think of people in the private sector getting screwed.

"Gee, although I sympathize with the private sector, have been there myself, and have gone through layoffs, maybe this chap is right about me.  I am a leech."

Yeah.

Posted by: SARDiver at October 01, 2013 03:01 PM (vymXC)

231 Well in all honesty, it would be some freaken miracle if any WW1 Vets showed up! *** Precisely. They selectively "protected" the monument where living veterans pay their respects.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 03:01 PM (DmNpO)

232 >>Nobody subsidizes me when I play golf or go skiing. Why the fuck do I need to subsidize your camping trips? If you golf at a state owned golf course, you people subsidize you.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2013 03:01 PM (g1DWB)

233 219 Posted by: RushBabe at October 01, 2013 06:59 PM (hrIP5) Yeah. I'm hoping somehow that Joe Lhota pulls out a miracle win but I do not see it. Couldn't Weiner have kept his wick zipped until AFTER the primary???!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 03:02 PM (WjLUf)

234 So where are the free golf courses I can play on this public property you speak of?

Thousands of municipal golf courses all over the country, not to mention those on military bases. Not free, just like it's not free to stay in the lodge in Yellowstone. All this time you've been sucking off the public teat and you didn't even know it.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 01, 2013 03:02 PM (+lsX1)

235

Sniper teams to the treehouses.  Begin perimeter security scans.  Rig for silent running.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 01, 2013 03:02 PM (BAS5M)

236 Btw, you see the tweet I sent you??? *** Just saw it. Suspicious bag, eh?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 03:02 PM (DmNpO)

237 Posted by: SARDiver

So were you furloughed?

Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 03:03 PM (Hx2XA)

238 Havana will probably have a more right wing Mayor than NYC

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 03:03 PM (1RQeV)

239 Should I repost my rant on this from this morning?

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at October 01, 2013 03:03 PM (Gk3SS)

240 Really, Harry?  You support the Federal Government?

Do you think you could maybe get off your useless ass and PASS A FUCKING BUDGET?  Or is that too much to ask from an aging pederast and hypocrite these days?

Posted by: acethepug at October 01, 2013 03:03 PM (RcF3a)

241

they knew the WWII vets were coming.  It was planned a year in advance

 

they wanted a photo op

 

well, they got one

Posted by: thunderb at October 01, 2013 03:04 PM (zOTsN)

242 If you golf at a state owned golf course, you people subsidize you. Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2013 07:01 PM (g1DWB) ____________ There are 2 county owned golf courses near me. They charge $30-40 a round. Similar quality courses in the area that are private charge $30-40 as well. If it's being subsidized it's because the public courses are run so inefficiently, they need subsidies to compete. But they're not giving any deals that I can't get in the private sector.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 01, 2013 03:04 PM (HDgX3)

243 Yah, you feel like the Little Dutch Boy shticking his finger in the Dike to shtop the Leeeking Yah?

Posted by: Jet Built Around Cannon at October 01, 2013 03:04 PM (4L2D1)

244 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 07:02 PM (WjLUf)

New York City is fucked. It's going to get ugly really, really fast.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 03:04 PM (/kU/5)

245 239 Should I repost my rant on this from this morning?

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at October 01, 2013 07:03 PM (Gk3SS)


Yes. STAT.....please.

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 01, 2013 03:04 PM (FIDMq)

246 Should I repost my rant on this from this morning? Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at October 01, 2013 07:03 PM (Gk3SS) Yes please. I was not going to trod into the troll post.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 01, 2013 03:04 PM (qyfb5)

247 Just saw it. Suspicious bag, eh? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 07:02 PM (DmNpO) Apparently. I've never seen them evacuate JIA before. You? 239 Should I repost my rant on this from this morning? Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at October 01, 2013 07:03 PM (Gk3SS) *chin in hands* Pretty pretty please with Kate Upton on top?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 01, 2013 03:04 PM (GEICT)

248 Momma Sefton of blessed memory derisively referred to them as "Joo-nitarians." I have never heard that. It's great. I don't meant to sound disparaging of Unitarians. They have done a lot of work to help the needy and I know some very nice caring ones ones. It's just that I went to a UU service several times and they didn't even mention God. I understand that they're not Trinitarians but not even to give praise to God? I had a mentor in the ministry who helped me through the ordination process years ago and he said. "If I had to do it over again I'd be a UU." It troubled me back the that he felt that way. Now he serves one of the biggest churches in the state and doesn't actually believe in most of the ordination vows he took. I would imagine that practicing Jews that aren't "Joo-nitarian" feel the same way about Synagogues that have if effect lost the meaning of the spiritual heritage. except for a vague Jewish cultural identity.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 03:05 PM (a4Omg)

249 Anyone around here get furloughed?

Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 03:05 PM (Hx2XA)

250
Damn -- I would totally go to this:

sixthandi.org

Donald Fagen
In Conversation with Cary Sherman
Date:     Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Time:     7:00 PM

Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen shares his thoughts on music, writing, and his influences from childhood to the present in his new book Eminent Hipsters.

Tickets are $14 or receive 2 FREE tickets with the purchase of the book for $27, (plus applicable service fees). All books will be pre-signed.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 01, 2013 03:05 PM (kdS6q)

251 New York City is fucked. It's going to get ugly really, really fast. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 07:04 PM (/kU/5) I see race riots, crime zooming, sqeegie guys back on the corners, and prostitutes on 5th Ave...well ok that might be OK?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 03:05 PM (1RQeV)

252 Apparently. I've never seen them evacuate JIA before. You? *** I don't think so. Or, I don't remember it happening.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 03:06 PM (DmNpO)

253 Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 07:01 PM (1RQeV)

He'll gut the anti-Terrorism task force.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 03:06 PM (/kU/5)

254 249 Anyone around here get furloughed? Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 07:05 PM (Hx2XA) Bannion, I believe.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 01, 2013 03:06 PM (GEICT)

255 >>There are 2 county owned golf courses near me. They charge $30-40 a round. Similar quality courses in the area that are private charge $30-40 as well. If it's being subsidized it's because the public courses are run so inefficiently, they need subsidies to compete. But they're not giving any deals that I can't get in the private sector. How much do you think it costs to camp at a private campground? It isn't very expensive. Same same. If you're saying gov't isn't efficient I don't think you're going to get a lot of argument here. But the government owns all sorts of shit that gets subsidized by our tax dollars.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2013 03:06 PM (g1DWB)

256 Thousands of municipal golf courses all over the country, not to mention those on military bases. Not free, just like it's not free to stay in the lodge in Yellowstone. All this time you've been sucking off the public teat and you didn't even know it. Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 01, 2013 07:02 PM (+lsX1) ____________ Again, the green fees for those courses are no cheaper than comparable private courses. They are often money making operations for the city/county. On the other hand the true cost of maintaining camp sites in Yellowstone would mean $100 a day to camp there. Instead it's $20 thanks to the billions spent by tax dollars on national parks. See the difference?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 01, 2013 03:06 PM (HDgX3)

257 55 Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 01, 2013 06:25 PM (0HooB) From knowing people who are really suffering and have for years it's hard for me to feel bad for most govt who are out of work for one day. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 06:29 PM (a4Omg) And remember it's not just that they are out of work. When the shutdown ends they will receive pay for the days they did not work.

Posted by: Buzzion at October 01, 2013 03:06 PM (XrwHD)

258 Weak slobbering parasites killed the host.

Posted by: redenzo at October 01, 2013 03:06 PM (vx61Q)

259 Any larger legal company will have a document group. I doubt they pay their people 65K/year though. When I was a kid, I got the impression from listening to the adults yakking that working for government wasn't exactly a comfortable living, but the job security made up for it. These days it would seem that's no longer the case...

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at October 01, 2013 03:06 PM (vd7A8)

260 There are 2 county owned golf courses near me. They charge $30-40 a round. Similar quality courses in the area that are private charge $30-40 as well. If it's being subsidized it's because the public courses are run so inefficiently, they need subsidies to compete. But they're not giving any deals that I can't get in the private sector.

The private courses are being penalized by having to compete with subsidized government courses. You fucking statist golfers are all the same, piss and moan about subsidies until someone tries to raise your green fees by a dollar.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 01, 2013 03:07 PM (+lsX1)

261 But the government owns all sorts of shit that gets subsidized by our tax dollars. Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2013 07:06 PM (g1DWB) __________ And I'd be fine with the govt getting rid of all those things. That's my point. We can live just fine without the govt running camp sites or golf courses.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 01, 2013 03:07 PM (HDgX3)

262 Don't beat up on golf. A true conservative has no love lost for government courses. However, we have no local munis but the two on Fort Bragg serve a purpose and with restrictions. I have have no prob.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at October 01, 2013 03:07 PM (Oe9vd)

263 Heck BC. I just read the story. It wasn't just a bag out of place. They tackled a dude.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 03:07 PM (DmNpO)

264 I don't think so. Or, I don't remember it happening. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 07:06 PM (DmNpO) That's what caught my attention. I would think that major airports have suspicious package reports all the time. Hell, I reported one at BWI like 8 or 9 years ago. *snicker* Worst bomb sniffing dog ever. Lmao.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 01, 2013 03:07 PM (GEICT)

265 The private courses are being penalized by having to compete with subsidized government courses. You fucking statist golfers are all the same, piss and moan about subsidies until someone tries to raise your green fees by a dollar. Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 01, 2013 07:07 PM (+lsX1) ___________ You're beyond obtuse. You understand nothing about economics. You are an Obama voter.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 01, 2013 03:08 PM (HDgX3)

266 248 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 07:05 PM (a4Omg) She meant no disrespect to actual Unitarians. She was disparaging a lot of Jews who came here before the great wave of immigration (1880-1920), renounced their heritage and totally assimilated. People like the Sulzbergers and Arthur Schlesinger come to mind.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 03:08 PM (WjLUf)

267 "But to be honest, I'm losing about $250 a day when I'm not working. That's basically a car payment. When I think about it that way, there's so much cooler stuff that I could be doing. That's a lot of money that I'm losing out on," Daniel says.

So I take it you're not a big fan of Funemployment, are you, Daniel?



Posted by: Captain Glenn Quagmire at October 01, 2013 03:08 PM (J4+Lm)

268 @ 256 yeah the difference ids the National Park service is producing videos expounding great moments in Sharia History on your entrance fee..

Posted by: Jet Built Around Cannon at October 01, 2013 03:08 PM (4L2D1)

269 ATC had better re-post her rant, or else *I'm* going to have to rant, and no one wants that!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 01, 2013 03:08 PM (qyfb5)

270 251 I see race riots, crime zooming, sqeegie guys back on the corners, and prostitutes on 5th Ave...well ok that might be OK? Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 07:05 PM (1RQeV) Here's hoping, right?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 03:09 PM (WjLUf)

271 They tackled a dude. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 07:07 PM (DmNpO) Holy crap. That was most definitely not in the story I read.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 01, 2013 03:09 PM (GEICT)

272 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 07:05 PM (a4Omg)

Exactly.

The aggressively PC, liberal, reform synagogues bend over backwards to make the services palatable for people who aren't even there.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 03:09 PM (/kU/5)

273 *chin in hands*

Pretty pretty please with Kate Upton on top? Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 01, 2013 07:04 PM (GEICT)


*sigh*  Only because those yell leaders assured me you're cute.   Also The Upton.


Today's Rant Special:

Wow. Power of the purse. How does that work?


You want to know why this seems so shocking and appalling and horrifying and beyond the pale? Because we have moved so far beyond an semblance of operating the Federal government according to actual Constitutional principles that when it does happen it seems EXTREMMEEE!!!11!!!.


This is how it's supposed to work. This is why the power of the purse exists in the first place. This is why there are separate bodies of government and checks and balances. The Constitution was designed to make sure that there can be those standing athwart yelling halt. In those instances where one Congress has rammed something through, the next Congress can say "Yeah, about that. Nice law and all but you can't have any money to implement it." It's about giving citizens, who, after all, are the ones whose wishes are supposed to be represented, a chance to step in and vote in those who will do their level best to get rid of whatever it was.


So, no, I'm not too appalled by this. This is how it's supposed to be. Fine, it's not the tactic you would have chosen. Okay. Well, this is where we are. If I've had to suck it up and vote for McCain and then Romney because of the Good of The Party, then those who oppose this need to suck it up and stop whinging about how this isn't the tactic they would have chosen. Yes, yes, you've made that clear. Now stfu and stfu and rally behind what the Party, that you claim is ever so important and vital to the promotion of conservative ideas, is doing. If not? Well, do not say one single solitary word to me again, ever in the history of ever, about how solemn duty compels that I vote for anyone with an (R) behind that person's name.

Now, while we're at it, can the Senate get around to that whole passing a budget thing? That would be aces.



Annnnnd nood up. 

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at October 01, 2013 03:09 PM (Gk3SS)

274 Um, the fuck?

@FilmLadd

Has anyone -- who managed to sign up for Obamacare and its enewsletter -- also "coincidentally" gotten an OFA spam email at same time?


Very, very bad shit if there's a connection.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 01, 2013 03:09 PM (ligos)

275 272 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 07:05 PM (a4Omg) Exactly. The aggressively PC, liberal, reform synagogues bend over backwards to make the services palatable for people who aren't even there. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2013 07:09 PM (/kU/5) I mentioned my friend's late mom's funeral service. The lesbian Marxist.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 03:10 PM (WjLUf)

276 You're beyond obtuse. You understand nothing about economics. You are an Obama voter.

You're the one clinging to his government subsidized golf course, not me. Do they let you pay green fees with your EBT card?

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 01, 2013 03:10 PM (+lsX1)

277 Couldn't Weiner have kept his wick zipped until AFTER the primary???!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 07:02 PM (WjLUf)

 

Granted Weiner was his own worst enemy, but the progressive media gave him heavy coverage.  (Odd, huh? /s) So while everyone was watching Weiner implode and Huma not appear with him, DiBlasio squeeked by...

Posted by: RushBabe at October 01, 2013 03:10 PM (hrIP5)

278 Here it is BC http://bit.ly/1fH3MbM

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 03:11 PM (DmNpO)

279 Potemkin Suffering. Speaking of which: Why is it that American progressives get all their ideas from Russian politicians? Potemkin, Stalin, Yeltsin...

Posted by: zombie at October 01, 2013 03:11 PM (+cx5n)

280 Very, very bad shit if there's a connection. They'll just deny it.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at October 01, 2013 03:12 PM (vd7A8)

281 249 Anyone around here get furloughed?

Posted by: Dang at October 01, 2013 07:05 PM (Hx2XA)

Yes.  You apparently missed my first post on this thread, too.


"Posted by: mike at October 01, 2013 06:32 PM (9cYOY)


This. I agree, and I'm a GS13 for one of the services. Our office took a big hit. We have military as well as GS (and a few contractors), and we're actually understaffed even at full strength. There are a lot of things not getting done, and since most of the continuity is provided by the GS's, there's a lot of experience that's unavailable.
That said, there absolutely needs to be a way to thin the herd of government, but it must not be via seniority. I hate the union, refuse to join, and think it's an impediment to the mission. I have no problem with veterans preferences at hiring time, but those preferences stay for RIFs, and they shouldn't. It's nearly impossible to fire for cause, and if you can check a demographic box, you're even more secure. It's bullshit, and it's strangling the government."

You're catching a lot of good people in your net.  The problem with the federal government isn't that there aren't good people working for it.  The problem is that they can't get rid of the bad employees like the private sector can. 

Posted by: SARDiver at October 01, 2013 03:13 PM (vymXC)

282 Why is it that American progressives get all their ideas from Russian politicians?

Potemkin, Stalin, Yeltsin...

Posted by: zombie at October 01, 2013 07:11 PM (+cx5n)

 

Goebbels said he learned the fine art of propaganda from the U.S. -- appointees to the Wilson Admin to be precise.

Posted by: RushBabe at October 01, 2013 03:14 PM (hrIP5)

283 DiBlasio squeeked by... Posted by: RushBabe at October 01, 2013 07:10 PM (hrIP5) he really did NOT squeek by. Yeah he squeeked by the 40% rule, but he was way way ahead of the other commies in the race. I mean he was running against a wienie wagger and a muff diver for christ's sakes

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 03:14 PM (1RQeV)

284 There is nothing wrong with having cultural events at a synagogue and perhaps I shouldn't comment-but half my family is Jewish so I will- this is not what the first thing I would want to see if I wanted to connect to my Jewish spiritual background: "In 2004, Sixth & I opened its doors as a place where people, especially those in their twenties and thirties, could connect to Judaism, arts, and culture both religiously and socially. At Sixth & I, what it means to be Jewish is up to you. With a multi-denominational and non-membership approach, we are an ongoing experiment in creating a uniquely Jewish experience, where identity and community intersect on your terms. Sixth & I introduces young professionals and Jews of all ages to an unconventional, inclusive model of 21st-century Jewish life." Hey; It's all up to you. Whatever you want Judaism to mean. Thousands of years of history and teaching and prayer life and it's all abput being on your terms. Meh.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 03:14 PM (a4Omg)

285 Weird... I haven't seen any planes fall out of the sky yet. I'd figured with the sequester and a shutdown, there'd definitely be planes falling out of the sky. All I see is newly printed signs telling me to stay away from monuments. Wait a minute... I demand to know who is printing signs while poor Daniel is suffering at the ping pong shelter!

Posted by: Damiano at October 01, 2013 03:15 PM (j0wOO)

286 I don't even get what is "uniquely" Jewish about it? Rant off.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 03:15 PM (a4Omg)

287 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 07:11 PM (DmNpO) Wow. And nice at the two comments.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 01, 2013 03:15 PM (GEICT)

288 O/T - Harry Reid's bagman, Harvey Whitmore,  just got sentenced to two years in prison for "campaign irregularities." 

Posted by: RushBabe at October 01, 2013 03:16 PM (hrIP5)

289 CKUFING NANCY PELOSI now on the floor defending the closing of the memorial. That's what happens when the govt shut down.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 03:17 PM (DmNpO)

290

he really did NOT squeek by.

 

 

True.  Maybe a better word would've been "slipped" by.

Posted by: RushBabe at October 01, 2013 03:17 PM (hrIP5)

291 Wow. And nice at the two comments. *** Heh. Allah this is not your day.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 01, 2013 03:18 PM (DmNpO)

292 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 01, 2013 07:08 PM (WjLUf) I understand. It's just that even Unitarians who developed that faith tradition would have a problem with "God" being carefully not mentioned for fear of offending someone.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2013 03:20 PM (a4Omg)

293 This is boring. Entitlement checks will still flow and Reid will continue to enjoy a nubile 10 year old boy as an appetizer.

Posted by: angel with a sword at October 01, 2013 03:20 PM (hpgw1)

294 282 Goebbels said he learned the fine art of propaganda from the U.S. -- appointees to the Wilson Admin to be precise.

Wilson was the acorn that grew into O's ACORN nation.  Dig up the grave and scatter the bones.

Posted by: angel with a sword at October 01, 2013 03:22 PM (hpgw1)

295 a current list of GOP congressmen ready to fully fund Obamacare and give up the spending fight that resulted in the first partial government shutdown in 17 years [emphasis added]: Rep. Pat Meehan (R-Pa.): “At this point, I believe it’s time for the House to vote for a clean, short-term funding bill to bring the Senate to the table and negotiate a responsible compromise.” [Press Release, 10/1/13] Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.): “Time for a clean [continuing resolution].” [Official Twitter, 10/1/13] Rep. Jon Runyan (R-N.J.): “Enough is enough. Put a clean [continuing resolution] on the floor and let’s get on with the business we were sent to do.” [Burlington County Times, 10/1/13] Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.): A Fitzpatrick aide tells the Philadelphia Inquirer the congressman would support a clean funding bill if it came up for a vote. [Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/1/13] Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.): Barletta said he would “absolutely” vote for a clean bill in order to avert a shut down of the government. [Bethlehem Morning Call, 10/1/13] Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.): King thinks House Republicans would prefer to avoid a shutdown and said he will only vote for a clean continuing resolution to fund the government, according to the National Review Online. [NRO, 9/30/13] Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.): The California Republican told The Huffington Post he would ultimately support a clean continuing resolution. [Tweet by The Huffington Post's Sabrina Siddiqui, 9/30/13] Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.): “I’m prepared to vote for a clean [continuing resolution].” [The Huffington Post, 9/29/13] Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.): A Wolf aide told The Hill that he agrees with fellow Virginia Rep. Scott Rigell (R) that it’s time for a clean continuing resolution. [The Hill, 10/1/13] Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.): A Grimm aide told The Huffington Post that the congressman supports a clean continuing resolution. [10/1/13]. Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.): A local news anchor in Minnesota tweeted that Paulsen told him he would vote for a clean resolution if given the chance. [Blake McCoy Tweet, 10/1/13] Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.): A constituent of Wittman’s sent The Huffington Post an email she got from the congressman indicating he would vote for a clean funding bill but hasn’t had “an opportunity to do so at this point.” [10/1/13] A rogues list of scumbags and cowards

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 03:24 PM (1RQeV)

296

If a function of the federal government can be labelled "non-essential", then why is the government even allowed to do it with other peoples' money? 

Why are the politicians who involved this government of limited, enumerated powers in anything that is "non-essential" not in prison?

Seems that these gov't shut-downs could perform a valuable natural selection purpose.

 



 

Posted by: Powderhouse at October 01, 2013 03:24 PM (Xv7f/)

297 John Crudele is an idiot. http://nypost.com/2013/10/01/washington-has-a-lot-to-answer-for-after-govt-shutdown/

Posted by: Baldy at October 01, 2013 03:26 PM (tyDFN)

298

"...a government employee who works with documents management for one of the main departments within the government "

He's a shredder who works for the memory hole department.

Posted by: Speller at October 01, 2013 03:28 PM (J74Py)

299 Any repub that tells the huffington post anything beyond the time of day has failed to adhere to their oath of office.  Shun them and all their kin for 5 generations.

Posted by: angel with a sword at October 01, 2013 03:28 PM (hpgw1)

300 Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2013 07:24 PM (1RQeV) Control the language. Define clean. I would use the word sterile. Meaning no Obamacare.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at October 01, 2013 03:29 PM (Oe9vd)

301 "Posted by: SARDiver at October 01, 2013 07:13 PM (vymXC)"

If it upsets you so much, get a different fucking job.  The taxpayers don't owe you shit. You are not entitled to a paycheck just because you think you're providing vital service.

Posted by: lowandslow at October 01, 2013 03:34 PM (APJIX)

302 I sensed a disturbance in the force.  Or farts.  Whatever.

Posted by: Obi Wan at October 01, 2013 03:37 PM (Hx2XA)

303 "But to be honest, I'm losing about $250 a day when I'm not working. That's basically a car payment. When I think about it that way, there's so much cooler stuff that I could be doing. That's a lot of money that I'm losing out on," Daniel says.

Daniel the leach, you are being paid >$30 per hour to shuffle around electrons to befuddle and enslave your fellow citizens.  Be thankful we have not yet asked for your first born as sacrifice on the alter of the bureaucracy.

Posted by: angel with a sword at October 01, 2013 03:44 PM (hpgw1)

304 Conservatives love their country.  Liberal Democrats love their government.

Posted by: Great Reagan's Ghost at October 01, 2013 04:06 PM (LsJAk)

305 $250 per day. Hell I'll bet we can get a Mexican illegal to do the same job for $18.00 and he would get the job dome in five hours.

Posted by: Bufalobob at October 01, 2013 05:06 PM (r8ENS)

306 RENO (AP) — Ex-Nevada power broker Harvey Whittemore admitted he was "arrogant and naive" but insisted "I'm not greedy" before a judge sentenced him Monday to two years in prison for funneling more than $130,000 in illegal campaign funds to Sen. Harry Reid's re-election committee in 2007.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at October 01, 2013 05:21 PM (e8kgV)

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