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White House asking for sad shutdown stories
Washington Examiner ^ | 10/4/2013 | ASHE SCHOW

Posted on 10/04/2013 12:10:36 PM PDT by jrestrepo

How has the government shutdown affected you?”

That's the question posted Thursday at 7:50 p.m. on the White House blog by Nathaniel Lubin, acting director of digital strategy for the Obama administration.

Don’t forget that at the top of the blog, a handy little disclaimer notes that “due to Congress’s failure to pass legislation to fund the government, the information on this web site may not be up to date.”

Looks like it’s perfectly up to date.

Also remember that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., won't bring up any resolutions that would fund government programs such as national parks and veterans' services.

So, while hundreds of thousands of Americans are furloughed for being “non-essential,” the White House has found asking for their stories to be “essential.”


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To: Dick Vomer

I don’t feel like an IRS or FBI colonoscopy

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Probably too late to worry about that since you’re on the “subversive” FR. And the NSA is probably monitoring you as well. Its all part of being a true patriot. :)


21 posted on 10/04/2013 12:22:15 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: jrestrepo

(snif, snif) I wanted so bad to talk to the IRS about my volunteer (snif) audit, and they’re not (snif, snort) answering the phone!

Then I tried to call the EPA (boo hoo) and rat on my neighbor using incandescent light bulbs! (snif)

The little boy down the street has got a cap gun and scaring everybody (waaaaah) in the neighborhood! Where’s the ATF?!


22 posted on 10/04/2013 12:22:28 PM PDT by albie
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To: jrestrepo

Going later


23 posted on 10/04/2013 12:22:39 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (What's the frequency, Kenneth?)
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To: jrestrepo

I have a special internet version of a 10-foot pole that I use to touch that website. I’ve yet to use it.


24 posted on 10/04/2013 12:22:57 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (It's hard to accept the truth when the lies were exactly what you wanted to hear.)
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To: penelopesire

I will probably get audited now

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Then you and Dr. Ben Carson will have something in common. :)


25 posted on 10/04/2013 12:23:22 PM PDT by Starboard
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If you do post there, please try to keep it in Dr. Seuss format of green eggs and ham. ;)


26 posted on 10/04/2013 12:25:41 PM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: jrestrepo

Dems: propaganda be our game!


27 posted on 10/04/2013 12:26:12 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: penelopesire

Excellent.


28 posted on 10/04/2013 12:26:37 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: jrestrepo
TICK TICK TICK TICK

THE TIME IS NEAR

29 posted on 10/04/2013 12:27:54 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: jrestrepo

Boycott Obamacare websites until the shut down is over.


30 posted on 10/04/2013 12:33:21 PM PDT by goldi
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To: jrestrepo

Boycott Obamacare websites until the shut down is over.


31 posted on 10/04/2013 12:33:28 PM PDT by goldi
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To: goldi

If they want to see a shutdown story in real time, try logging into the Obamacare websites.


32 posted on 10/04/2013 12:38:33 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Col Frank Slade

I sit here in a house without running water and with the power just turned on after 5 weeks and I am broke. I am broker than broke. I need to be able to get cleaned up to be find a job.

My back s killing me.

I’m going to net baloney again tonite I guess.

But hey NPR, PBS, VOA, AL Hurra, Planned Parenthood and all these others are getting their hundreds of millions of dollars. So I guess life is grand when someone else is paying for your crap.

So how does “Shutdown Theater” affect me?

I can’t buy health insurance, madate or not. I can’t afford the fine either. Sorry, I’ll have to opt out of this little wealth redistribution scam.

Not personally.

I wonder why free, open air parks and memorials are being barricaded and guarded. This costs more than leaving them alone, where does this money come from?

I wonder why, during shutdown, the White House fountain is still running while those at the WW2 memorial is turned off.

I wonder if Air Force One is grounded?

I wonder why the commissary at Andrews AFB is closed while the golf course used by Present Obama is still open.

I wonder a lot of things.


33 posted on 10/04/2013 12:39:33 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Cyber Liberty

If I use a Starbucks server, in a far away city, how can they identify me?


34 posted on 10/04/2013 12:39:56 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: jrestrepo

When you think this administration can not go any lower than a snakes belly..... They become the scum on the snakes belly.


35 posted on 10/04/2013 12:41:39 PM PDT by JFC
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To: jrestrepo

When you think this administration can not go any lower than a snakes belly..... They become the scum on the snakes belly.


36 posted on 10/04/2013 12:41:41 PM PDT by JFC
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To: jrestrepo
I thought I'd give them a bit of happy news to offset all the potential whiners;

How has the Government shutdown affected me? Not at all.

37 posted on 10/04/2013 12:42:12 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (So Obama "inherited" a mess? Firemen "inherit" messes too. Ever see one put gasoline on it?)
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To: miss marmelstein

LOL! It will. :^)


38 posted on 10/04/2013 12:44:07 PM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: PhiloBedo
If I use a Starbucks server, in a far away city, how can they identify me?

Every network device has a unique MAC address associated with it, so if you take that device back home it could in theory be traced back to you.

39 posted on 10/04/2013 12:44:21 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Starboard

Exactly! A year ago I probably would not have posted there..but then realize they are following everyone..especially their political enemies. I am not scared of them anymore. I am a law abiding citizen of this country. My taxes are always in order and I will sue the hell out of them if I get targeted for my political or religious beliefs!

I will NOT be silenced by these Marxist goons...EVER!!


40 posted on 10/04/2013 12:45:51 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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