Its going to be business as usual. The GOP is terrified of those two little words: “government shutdown.”
Don’t say I didn’t warn ya!
Morris v. Bachmann? I’ll take Bachmann every time over the toe sucker.
Bachman is a major lightweight who says a lot of stupid things.
Shut it down
Bachmann surprises me with this position. She is way out on her own and is not in step with the Tea Party.
This is disappointing.
As for Morris, there will be no huge cut this time around. They have decided to keep their powder dry for the Paul Ryan blueprint. Probably wise under the circumstances but they better come out hitting hard for next year or they are gonna catch it from the conservatives. Hard.
We are ruled by good cops and bad cops. To conservatives the Republicans are the good cops. They are on the same team with the Bad Cop Democrats. out to do us in. Now if this makes sense to anyone you are as big a Kook as I am.
All of this Rino balony, for those of you who don’t know how government works, you vote to get the result you want. Republicans should have gotten both Houses, they didn’t. Now they must Govern, it’s called checks and balances. If you don’t like it, then next time vote, but don’t get maniupulated by people who are in it for themselves. This is why elections are so important. No one should have ever messed with the Republicans getting back both houses, I don’t care how much they wanted to be President. Stop with the RINO balony. That’s just propoganda from people who don’t understand the system of check’s and balances and why voting is so important.
I just don’t trust Morris anymore (if ever). He’s always trolling for clients or something. He thrives on conflict.
Maybe now some of the posters here will wake up and stop listening to that clown Hannity and Morris.
How the federal government shutdown would affect Chicago
By: Paul Merrion and Lorene Yue April 08, 2011
(Crain’s) — Chicago’s largest employer is likely to be taking at least Monday off, but few will likely notice the no-show.
A shutdown of the federal government appears imminent as chances dim for a last-minute extension of funding that by law expires at midnight Friday.
With Republicans and Democrats still far apart on how much to cut, some 800,000 federal workers nationwide will be furloughed, including many of the nearly 50,000 federal workers in the Chicago region, but a short-term shutdown will be barely noticeable to the public and most businesses.
Mail will still be delivered, as the Post Office depends on postage, not appropriations. Social Security checks will still go out, too. Using funds on hand, Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will remain open, worried far more about long-term budget cuts than a short-term shutdown.
Planes will still stream in and out of Chicago’s airports, as air traffic controllers are considered essential personnel who must remain on the job. Customs will clear passengers and cargo as usual, although most support staff will stay home.
“The public will not see that,” a Customs Bureau spokesman said.
While the closing of Smithsonian museums and attractions such as the Lincoln Memorial at the height of tourist season will produce howls in Washington, D.C., what’s affected in Chicago will be far less visible, annoying only those with non-critical needs for government services.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20110408/NEWS02/110409908?template=printart
I say no compromise. Shut it down!
BS, it only shows you have a secret affections for hillarys advisor and former toe sucker.
The Tea Party is the only real chance America has.
All politicians need the media. Republicans are in a difficult position, the media is leftist, their base is on the right. If Republicans stay true to conservative principles, they get slaughtered by the media. This costs them the swing vote, and they lose their job.
Republicans are rightfully terrified of the media.
The only chance for real change is to make Republicans more fearful of the Tea Party than they are of the media.
Which is exactly why the Dems will not budge on the budget. They want to wave the bloody shirt of failure to the American people to show them that the Republicans cannot keep their promises, and so will lose favor with the voters. Despondent voters will stay away from the polls and government parasites will overwhelm the system once and for all...............
Bachmann neither waffled nor went namby-pamby. She offered a different strategy. She thought this year end appropriation which is really only a difference of a few billion dollars was NOT “a hill to die on.” She would vote against it anyway, since it didn’t deal with ObamaCare, BUT, she felt the BIG DEAL was the 2011-2012 ANNUAL BUDGET. THAT’S “the hill on which to die.” Next years budget is where Michele felt we could demand cuts of literally hundreds of billions of dollars — and trillions over the next 5-10 years, including ObamaCare.
She didn’t “waffle.” She just believed we’d have a STRONGER POSITION to take a stand in a few weeks when we are arguing about the next annual budget rather than the few months left in this years budget. Even if we win this time, we’ll have to REFIGHT this battle all over again on next years budget in a few weeks or months. And while I’m not opposed to allowing the Dems to force a Shutdown now, I think Michele has a good strategic point.
Don’t talk her down just because you disagree with her strategy and tactics. She’s NOT going soft. She’s not folding. Saying that is a disservice to her — and to thinking Conservatives in general.
~Michele Bachmann
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I thought she was pro-life. This sure doesn't sound like it.
On Beck she said, in so many words, that you should vote for a rino if that’s what it takes to get the majority. It took Beck asking her four times before she finally back tracked a little and said “vote your conscience”.