dragonars - I hope you are right - but I really don't have a lot of faith in the people who are supposedly running the joint. I just don't. "Sam" is at the mercy of the pen that can veto any bill that comes before "him."

Holding the U.S. hostage - Rass - I agree.

And it's so very wrong - immoral, unethical, evil. Even if nothing happens and all the checks come in - to put people through this kind of worry is despicable.

Chicago politics at its finest. They start fucking with VA benefits shuts gonna hit the fan. Peace

We the people keep voting the crooks
thieves & career politicians in year
after year. This will not stop until
there are big changes in this country
in regards to Democrats & Republicans.
And that will never happen until WE THE
PEOPLE REVOLT!!!!

You got that right, RASS - every word you wrote. Vets are not going to take this; they're not going to roll over and get shat upon - even if they can't walk and their brains are fried from the horrors of combat - the govt. is f'ing with the wrong bunch now. Shat WILL hit the fan.

"Chicago politics at its finest" - I hear ya!

I LOVE your new avie.

Oz - myself, as an old hippie who once upon a time believed we could change the world, who thrilled to the Airplane's "Revolution" - then let the years pile on in complacency - my blood is stirred again.

I'M MAD AS HELL AND NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE. We all have to do our part while there MIGHT be time left - to cull these criminals and creeps from having any place of power in this country. Assuming we make it through this latest round of fear-mongering, which is about the worst I've seen it, we have got to organize and MOVE.

Jesus! Make up your minds, I will protect the being of my country with my life, but do not go fking with the men and women that protect your sorry asses.

Written by 19 year old Lance Cpl Jeremiah Collins on FB on Oct. 3, two days before his death in Afghan....

Read the article and weep:

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/10/20898474-get-it-together-marine-posted-shutdown-frustrations-days-before-death?lite

Our gov't is a shameful mess. Everything seems upside down and backwards. People are now actually paranoid of our lawmakers and this is sooo sad.

I wish Romney was elected. When he was governor in my state he did not even collect a paycheck !

I'm with you on that, PS .... Romney would have made a fantastic president IMHO - but gee, he was way too smart for the average voter. I didn't know that about him not collecting a paycheck while gov. of Mass. - but I'm not surprised. We've got a LONG 3+ years before we have another chance to get it right. God help us all.

So everyone - are we pleased with the TOTAL LACK OF PROGRESS IN D.C. TODAY? I think NOT. Politicians playing games at OUR expense, literally.

NO Cat NO!!! I'm NOT pleased about the
dip shit's in DC. It's a F#@%&$% crime
what our leaders are doing. Not just the
shut down. But everyday monkey business!!

I love your 'revolution' avatars. At first I thought you were both the same person. My dream is for a non-violent revolution in this country. But people are brainwashed and I am among many who are too lazy.

Obama got elected by promising people something for nothing. They got what they voted for nothing.

oh, but they're still getting FREE PHONES. Free minutes too! Check your land line phone bills and see what you are contributing via extortion. Granted, it started under Clinton and continued through Bush (so this is not a partisan thing) - and now O is keeping it keeping on. Thank you all for your contributions (and mine). Oh, I don't want to forget that recipients of these phones (more than one to a person quite frequently) often sell them! Will THIS be part of the package of "CUT IT OFF" if the shit hits the fan? I doubt it.

http://www.freegovernmentcellphones.net/faq/obama-phone

what's wrong with free cell phones? you want to get rid of food stamps, wic and medicaid too? I doubt anybody voted for Obama to get a free phone... the Universal Service charge on your landline goes back to the 80s... and the Affordable Care Act is certainly not free... the Tea Party was bought by the Koch Brothers whose mission is to kill social security and all other evil that the 1% is trying to do... like defund Obamacare. I'm glad we have a prez that doesn't cater to the extremists.. especially the ones bought by Koch... wonder who's paying your congressmen?

Forgive them Ganja for they do not know what they say or do...

Typical Republican BS propaganda! How fast we forget how bad of a condition did George W. leave this country when he left and don;t tell me that we're tired of hearing it already because you need to be reminded again and again that George junior for all intended purposes left our government in the worst shape since the Great Depression!!!

If it wasn't for The President and his administration that took over and revived the fiscal condition of our country, right now, I can almost guarantee that we wouldn't be having this conversation because we no longer could afford to go online!!!

And most of us would be sleeping under bridges and under paths,
Riots would be common place, crime would be exponentially worse than what it is currently, etc., etc., etc...

Somehow, most folks want to instantly blame the President for the current situation when this would have not been an issue if the Republicans would have stuck to the deal they made with the President in 20011 and then decided to hold the government hostage by threatening to shut down the government if the President did not repeal ObamCare otherwise known as the Affordable Health Care Act!!!

So let's not blame this on the President or the Senate because if anyone is thinking the opposite then I'm sorry but, have you really been following this story from the beginning??? I think NOT!!!

Too much brainwashing going on over there in Arizona but it doesn't surprise me with the folks in charge all totally against our President IMHO! And Romney would have had us in another huge quagmire by invading Iran and totally go to war with the 47% percent that he figured he acknowledged wouldn't vote for him anyway and put this country in a tailspin towards insolvency for sure!!!

Have faith people!!! We're going to get through this!!! Just please don't lose your faith and don't react so quickly from the right wingers and Tea party's perspective because it's nothing more than a whole lot of propaganda!!! And besides, the real reason why there's so much hostility towards Obama is simply because he's HALF BLACK!!!

Hang in there everybody!

Respectfully,
Hank

Says it all... check out these campaign contributions:

http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=E01

I can't wait to vote them out!!