I think I'm gonna put off paying rent for about a week or so, since the Post Office isn't gonna deliver mail

9/30/2013 5:05:02 PM

"Big government? How about no government?"

9/30/2013 5:06:27 PM

[Edited on September 30, 2013 at 5:07 PM. Reason : ]

9/30/2013 5:06:53 PM

My friend posted

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"If the government is going to stop paying me my salary during the shutdown, can I also stop paying the government for my student loan?"

on her FB the other day. Today she posted the instructions she was given for the shutdown :^)

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

9/30/2013 5:07:26 PM

The post office will still deliver mail.

9/30/2013 5:08:59 PM

I would be pissed if I had a vacation scheduled at a National Park or Washington DC. None of it will be open.

9/30/2013 5:09:27 PM

yup, I'm out of work AGAIN effective midnight. thanks Obama republican congresspersons

9/30/2013 5:09:36 PM

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"The post office will still deliver mail."

I can only hope he already knew that and this is some weak sauce trolling or something

9/30/2013 5:11:08 PM

=

9/30/2013 5:11:22 PM

Aye, checking in. Looks like I'll have a lot of unpaid time to catch up on TV and gaming for a few days.

9/30/2013 5:12:44 PM

strangely obama gave a 1 yr delay for the employer mandate to wall street but refuses to allow a 1 yr delay for the working man. wtf

9/30/2013 5:43:23 PM

our office is gonna stay open for 4 weeks

doubt a shutdown gets that far though

9/30/2013 5:45:15 PM

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"strangely obama gave a 1 yr delay for the employer mandate to wall street"

what are you talking about?

9/30/2013 8:19:54 PM

apparently "wall street" is shorthand for "businesses with more than 50 full-time equivalents and more than 30 employees working at least 30 hours per week"

9/30/2013 8:34:06 PM

While the rest of the government takes a vacation, we (military) still have to go into work

Lame

9/30/2013 8:39:06 PM

at least you guys still get paid

9/30/2013 8:54:38 PM

I'm all for this government shutting down.

9/30/2013 8:55:43 PM

private sector. has to work tomorrow

9/30/2013 8:56:50 PM

Government shutdowns have always been a joke. I really hope this one sticks

9/30/2013 9:03:26 PM

^^^^^well it's not like it's paid

Anyway, any part of the government funded outside the annual appropriations process will keep working, like USPS, the Fed, the people who send out Social Security checks and certain VA benefits, and the President and members of Congress (but not most staffers).

Also, anyone who "provides for the national security" will keep working (like the military and the embassies), along with anyone who conducts "essential activities to the extent that they protect life and property" (like food-safety inspectors, the Border Patrol, and Federal prisons).

Still, much of the government will shut down, and it'll be hardest felt in DC itself, with the stoppage of trash collection and the closure of public libraries and the University of the District of Columbia...at least if the shutdown lasts longer than 2 weeks, because Mayor Vincent Gray decided to label all city services as "essential" and tap into the city's cash reserves: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/30/absolutely-everything-you-need-to-know-about-how-the-government-shutdown-will-work/

[Edited on September 30, 2013 at 9:06 PM. Reason : Førte beat me to it

9/30/2013 9:06:04 PM

9/30/2013 9:09:39 PM

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"yup, I'm out of work AGAIN effective midnight. thanks Obama republican congresspersons"

How exactly do you figure republicans are to blame here? Obama is going to get a bill that funds the government, and he's going to veto it. I don't see how the blame can lie anywhere else but at the top.

[Edited on September 30, 2013 at 9:11 PM. Reason : fdad]

9/30/2013 9:10:55 PM

he's not going to get the bill the house passed because the senate already rejected it. That said, both parties are equally to blame.

9/30/2013 9:12:41 PM

^^ any bill the republican dominated house tries to pass will contain ridiculous riders that will never pass the senate, so to put the fault at obama when he won't even get anything to veto shows how retarded you are

[Edited on September 30, 2013 at 9:14 PM. Reason : add another note]

9/30/2013 9:14:14 PM

Wait the senate rejected the second bill? Shit, when did that happen. Stupid stupid stupid. How bout a one year term limit for all of congress?

9/30/2013 9:14:44 PM

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"Obama is going to get a bill that funds the government, and he's going to veto it. I don't see how the blame can lie anywhere else but at the top."

are you joking, trolling, or are you actually so clueless as to believe it's that simple?

it's a bill including irrelevant stipulations passed only by some butthurt conservatives who are struggling to come to terms with the idea that they lost

9/30/2013 9:17:04 PM

lost what? it wasn't the house in 2010....power to the people!

9/30/2013 11:16:19 PM

shut this gov't down

9/30/2013 11:28:25 PM

My insurance premiums doubling. It's ok I have endless income

9/30/2013 11:30:14 PM

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"How exactly do you figure republicans are to blame here? Obama is going to get a bill that funds the government, and he's going to veto it. I don't see how the blame can lie anywhere else but at the top."

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"That said, both parties are equally to blame."

holy cognitive dissonance, Batman

rjrumfel has really outdone himself with that one

9/30/2013 11:37:24 PM

9/30/2013 11:42:18 PM

shut er down

9/30/2013 11:46:02 PM

Hi this budget will stop the shut down. However it also causes 100000 puppy deaths.

Your move.

9/30/2013 11:46:34 PM

I heard Al Gore gonna cut the internet off... What are y'all gonna do?

9/30/2013 11:56:56 PM

Sooooooo now it's Y2K, right?

10/1/2013 12:01:41 AM

^ EXACTLY like Y2K

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_66jPJVS4JE

10/1/2013 12:13:32 AM

The system is down. The system is down.

10/1/2013 12:13:43 AM

10/1/2013 12:14:38 AM

This is all one big joke fest, from every angle you look at it.

Why we can't enjoy life like every other developed country out there (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, etc) is beyond me.

10/1/2013 12:15:43 AM

Ad hoc government

10/1/2013 12:16:12 AM

^^ that is a joke, right?

10/1/2013 12:20:54 AM

consider this an expression of US "personality"

all those other folks are so dry

we need a good fight occasionally

10/1/2013 1:02:56 AM

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"While the rest of the government takes a vacation, we (military) still have to go into work"

You need to work on your fact checking there buddy.

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"Looks like I'll have a lot of unpaid time to catch up on TV and gaming for a few days."

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"well it's not like it's paid"

My understanding is, the last time the government shut down and there were furloughs, the furloughees still got paid.

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"Obama is going to get a bill that funds the government, and he's going to veto it. I don't see how the blame can lie anywhere else but at the top"

You are a fucking idiot.

10/1/2013 1:11:29 AM

sucks I won't be paid but not really dreading the time off. my birthday is Thursday so it couldn't have come at a better time for me really.

10/1/2013 2:05:08 AM

you will be paid.

10/1/2013 2:24:45 AM

10/1/2013 2:36:45 AM

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"Since the government shutdown only affects non-essential workers, why do we even have non-essential workers in the first place?"

10/1/2013 2:37:29 AM

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"you will be paid"

+1

How dense are you?

10/1/2013 2:37:56 AM

10/1/2013 2:40:42 AM

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"Since the government shutdown only affects non-essential workers, why do we even have non-essential workers in the first place"

There are also a shitload of government workers whose salaries aren't paid by tax dollars, and as such, will be working tomorrow, but I'm sorry to pop your balloon there mane.

10/1/2013 2:41:50 AM