tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post5244850068731045578..comments2024-03-14T01:22:21.483-04:00Comments on Basil's Blog: ShutdownBasilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304218067534993876noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-1587733326542449302013-09-30T06:31:37.000-04:002013-09-30T06:31:37.000-04:00Wall Street Journal had a great little sidebar thi...Wall Street Journal had a great little sidebar this morning on what a govt 'shutdown' would mean. Social Security checks still go out, Postal Service still runs, air traffic control still works, active military goes on, FBI stays at it. BUT EPA does major furloughs. NLRB cuts back. IRS has to cancel many audit appointments. Forgive me, I'm having trouble finding the downside here.dontplayrockytopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-42516935373605342922013-09-30T06:41:15.000-04:002013-09-30T06:41:15.000-04:00It seems like they're very selective about wha...It seems like they're very selective about what "shuts down." If the Federal Government's giant check-writing machine continues to operate, then it ain't "shut down."Jimmynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-45710763066670013542013-09-30T06:43:47.000-04:002013-09-30T06:43:47.000-04:00After the deprivations visited upon us by the sequ...After the deprivations visited upon us by the sequester earlier this year you'd think the people would be up in arms about a shut down. Maybe we are still recovering from the shock of having a few federal employees furloughed for a couple of days.DamnCatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-33523214443070105842013-09-30T07:16:34.000-04:002013-09-30T07:16:34.000-04:00I just want them to stop the teasing. E-Nuff of th...I just want them to stop the teasing. E-Nuff of this NewSpeak gar-baage'. Either it closes or it does not.<br><br>Just make up your minds and 'do something', even if it is deemed 'wrong'. <br><br>America needs a show that everyone can watch and has some kinda' interest in.<br><br>If this is not 'it', what in bloody hell is ?<br><br>....but please, keep that creepy 'Reid' guy off the screen. Personal Skin Crawling/Rectal Itching always results when he comes on.<br><br>....and Princess Pelosi should have one of those 'foggy things' over her face whenever she's on, <br><br>as there is nothing redeeming about showing 'that' to us...and the sound track accompanying her is really not all that much to listen to....Uncle Kevvienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-63393313120088475292013-09-30T07:30:49.000-04:002013-09-30T07:30:49.000-04:00"Why are you shutting it down?""I a..."Why are you shutting it down?"<br><br>"I am shocked, SHOCKED to find there is Government going on here!"walruskkkchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-14893103708357075972013-09-30T09:33:18.000-04:002013-09-30T09:33:18.000-04:00I think Kevvie is on to something. Pixelate Pelosi...I think Kevvie is on to something. Pixelate Pelosi now! It's for the children!dontplayrockytopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-83303822915787158542013-09-30T10:54:25.000-04:002013-09-30T10:54:25.000-04:00Why isn't the first thing shut off when there&...Why isn't the first thing shut off when there's a government "shutdown" free everything for Obama voters? Most of them could live for a month on their excess fat alone and they're the reason there's any national debt in the first place. Talk about 'non-essential'. <br><br><br><br>Synonyms for non-essential:<br><br>unnecessary <br><br>deadwood <br><br>inessential <br><br>peripheral <br><br>petty <br><br>dispensable <br><br>excess baggage <br><br>excessive <br><br>expendable <br><br>extraneous <br><br>insignificant <br><br>superfluous <br><br>trivial <br><br>unimportantNoMoBamahttp://www.swfcabin.com/open/1256414086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-41621427563342225872013-09-30T12:01:27.000-04:002013-09-30T12:01:27.000-04:00Like I said elsewhere: "we send home a bunch ...Like I said elsewhere: "we send home a bunch of employees we obviously didn't need in the first place."ATnoreply@blogger.com