“Congress this week failed to agree on a budget deal, which led to a government shutdown, the first since 1995. So basically, the government shuts down every time Arsenio (Hall) gets a TV show.” – Seth Meyers “Because of the government shutdown, the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado is facing a toilet paper shortage. […]
© Brian McFadden Has Ted Cruz become the defacto leader of the Republican party? If not, why are they doing everything he tells them to do?
“This week the Tea Party shut the government down because Obamacare is still a pill they cannot swallow. They cannot face that we are heading towards European-style health coverage, but they have no problem that we have an Italian style government.” – Bill Maher “Happy TGIF – which stands for ‘The Government’s in Foreclosure.’” – […]
© Matt Wuerker I guess the GOP figured that Obamacare isn’t going to be repealed, so now they have changed their tune back to one of their greatest hits — the deficit. Is it any wonder that the Republican party has now broken the record for the most despised political party since Gallup started polling […]
“Republicans don’t want to shut the government down, they want to end this stalemate and get back to the important work of crippling the government.” – Stephen Colbert “Last night President Obama had an hour-long meeting with Republicans and Democrats, but they were still unable to end the government shutdown situation. So don’t worry – […]
First the Republicans insisted that they were shutting down the government to save us from Obamacare, which they claim will ruin our wonderful health insurance system. Cough. Then the Republicans changed their minds, and decided that it wasn’t about Obamacare after all, but instead it is about the deficit (even though Obama has been lowering […]
“We’ve got the government shutdown, but the beginning of Obamacare. You know what that means? You can now complain to your doctor about the government making you sick.” – Jay Leno “The American government has shut down. Who do you think you are? You work for us. I don’t recall giving you the day off.” […]
Carl Bernstein slams the media coverage of the shutdown. He also compares the tactics used by some conservatives against Obama to those of Joe McCarthy.
“Scientists in Stockholm say hundreds of jellyfish have shut down a nuclear reactor. Hey, that’s nothing. In this country, a bunch of spineless jellyfish have shut down the entire government.” – Jay Leno “People are saying now that before the government shutdown Congressmen went out and got drunk – celebrating that they had shut down […]
A must-read article in the NY Times explains exactly how the shutdown was planned, financed, and executed. Down to the exact talking points you now hear coming from the mouths of tea-party conservative politicians. Heck, back in February they even published a self-named “Blueprint to Defunding Obamacare“, which was funded by a multitude of groups […]
Apparently the sex business is getting a huge boost from the government shutdown. The site SeekingArrangement.com has seen a 50% boost in signups since the start of the shutdown, which is interesting since usually October is a slow month for them. Other sites are seeing similar growth. But before you think all this growth is […]
“Did you see the Giants game on Sunday? They lost 31-7. Do you know what the Giants didn’t say after that game? ‘If you don’t give us 25 more points by midnight on Monday, we will shut down the fucking NFL.’” – Jon Stewart (on Republicans shutting down the government over their opposition to Obamacare) […]
© David Horsey David Horsey has written some very good commentary to go with his comic. I just want to pass it on: The government shutdown has revealed the impressive skill of tea party Republicans to say untrue things with sincerity so convincing that they almost sound as if they believe what they are saying. […]
I have to hand it to the Republicans. They definitely know how to repeat something enough times that people start to believe it. Their latest talking point is that the Democrats are refusing to negotiate with them about the shutdown. What’s hypocritical about their claim is that it is only true since the shutdown started. […]
I’m in and out of town on work for the next two weeks. I may miss a day or two of posts depending on my luck finding WiFi. Hopefully, the whole shutdown mess will solve itself magically if I ignore it for a day or two.
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