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US government shutdown: Barack Obama is presiding over the end of America's superpower status
The Telegraph ^
| October 1, 2013
| Con Coughlin
Posted on 10/01/2013 9:21:37 AM PDT by Biggirl
For a country that is supposed to be the most powerful in the world, the fact that Americans have today woken up to find large swathes of their nation closed for business is humiliating.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: america; shutdown; superpower
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posted on
10/01/2013 9:21:37 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
To: Biggirl
Who’s closed for business? Everywhere I went everything was open.
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posted on
10/01/2013 9:22:53 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(We are conservatives. Not libertarians, not "fiscal conservatives", not moderates)
To: Biggirl
"large swathes of their nation closed for business"
Every business I went to today was totally open.
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posted on
10/01/2013 9:23:29 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Biggirl
woken up to find large swathes of their nation closed for business is humiliating. The newspaper industry is populated by complete and utter idiots.
To: Biggirl
Funny, I don’t feel humiliated.
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posted on
10/01/2013 9:23:49 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Biggirl
The end of our superpower status?
LOL!!
We’ll ride this baby out and weather the storm.
We’re frickin America D amnit!
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posted on
10/01/2013 9:24:02 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Biggirl
>> the fact that Americans have today woken up to find large swathes of their nation closed for business is humiliating.
Nah. Taking a baseball bat to our bloated government is exhilarating, not humiliating.
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posted on
10/01/2013 9:24:22 AM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
To: vbmoneyspender
The newspaper industry is populated by complete and utter idiots.Last line in article.
"In short, the longer the Obama presidency continues, the more America's status as a superpower ebbs away."
To: Nervous Tick
That would make a good graphic. Tea partiers swinging at a fat bloated government pinata (with obamacare written on it) with a huge bat that says “Will of the people”.
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posted on
10/01/2013 9:28:21 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(We are conservatives. Not libertarians, not "fiscal conservatives", not moderates)
To: Biggirl
Barack Obama is presiding over orchestrating the end of America's superpower statusThere, fixed it.
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posted on
10/01/2013 9:30:31 AM PDT
by
Hoodat
(BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
To: Biggirl
you wanna know what other days I wake up and the government isnt open l? Christmas Day, New Years Day, Columbus Day, Memorial Day, Martin Luther King Jr day......
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posted on
10/01/2013 9:30:53 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
To: Biggirl
Humiliating?
I find it most refreshing.
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posted on
10/01/2013 9:31:49 AM PDT
by
mojito
(Zero, our Nero.)
To: frogjerk
yep me too, my mail even ran today.
The UK must think we need government to use the bathroom like they do.
To: frogjerk
Most Americans have been brainwashed by the media into thinking that government is something good , that is needed.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Hopefully this government shut down will go on for enough time for some idiots to finally get it that the federal government and its 1000’s of agencies is not needed, only the military and border control,2 depts . that's it not thousands .
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posted on
10/01/2013 9:32:54 AM PDT
by
rurgan
(give laws an expiration date:so the congress has to review every 4 years to see if needed)
To: Biggirl
“is presiding over”? I’m afraid he’s a bit more complicit than that.
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posted on
10/01/2013 9:34:20 AM PDT
by
Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
(If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
To: Biggirl
Government is an inherently evil,corrupt, inefficient, brute force malignancy. socialism doesn’t work.
keep it shut down.
Good going Republicans .I’m glad Republicans didn’t back down.
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posted on
10/01/2013 9:34:52 AM PDT
by
rurgan
(give laws an expiration date:so the congress has to review every 4 years to see if needed)
To: Hoodat
I like the way you said it much much more!!
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posted on
10/01/2013 9:35:49 AM PDT
by
Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
(If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
To: Vendome
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posted on
10/01/2013 9:35:51 AM PDT
by
Ghost of SVR4
(So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
To: Biggirl
Just remember, the clown closed the white house to you and me....but not to the black, latino and muzzies party goers. And don’t forget the basketball dudes.
To: Ghost of SVR4
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posted on
10/01/2013 9:37:28 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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