[Bernard]

It's symptomatic of how we lost the who really shuts down the govt. argument

It goes back even further. There is no government shutdown when Congress does not approve more spending. The military still protects us, airplanes do not fall from the sky, the mail still gets delivered. ESSENTIAL US GOVERNMENT SERVICES CONTINUE!!!!!!!!!!!

Possibly the most inconvenient issue with what the media calls a government shutdown is that Bully Thugs from Park Services get paid to put up Barrycades in order to keep 90-year-old WW II veterans from getting close to memorials.

And if this government shutdown means a Planned Parenthood abortion has to be re-scheduled for a later date, well, that's how it goes.

[rodguy911]

Agreed! But how do we get the message out to the point where we don't get the blame.Unsolved problem so far.
We have gutless representatives and their leaders are far worse.