National Park Rangers treat senior citizens in Yellowstone like criminals:
http://www.newburyportnews.com/local...at-Yellowstone
This is a good simplified view of the situation that I saw today. Puts it into pretty easy to understand terms.
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So a portion of one party in one house of Congress tries to blow everything up unless the President agrees to kill the centerpiece of his presidency, one of the only major things he campaigned on and maybe the only one he actually got done, passed into law, made its way through the Supreme Court and everything, one loud, defiant group grinds the entire business of the government to a halt and fucks with the lives of millions of people who depend on things that aren't there anymore because of the shutdown, ONE REALLY CLEAR GROUP WHO PRETTY MUCH CALLED THEIR SHOT ON THIS ONE, and people still try to shift the blame elsewhere?
Seriously, this isn't even close. If you actually believe, not just making the argument because its your team-believe, but REALLY BELIEVE that anyone but the tea party nuts and the head muckymuck Boehner are the overwhelming cause of this monstrous clusterfuck that is the shutdown, you are not a logical, intelligent person, and you need a serious re-check on how you view the world and how you get your information.
There is no question that the House Republicans are putting the barrier in place, but Obama and Reid could help to remove it through conciliation. My view is that if the ACA is the great piece of legislation that it is supposed to be then the Democrats would accept the budget without funding for the ACA included and then use it as there running platform for 2014 and 2016.
But that's retarded. It already passed. IT's a law now. Why pass a law, then agree to un-pass it and give it another shot in a few years? That's about the most backward thing in the world, and nobody in any party in any government anywhere would accept such an idea.
Can you justify your view in any half decent manner at all? Give it a shot, because I'd love to hear a defense of it. Like, I don't honestly believe you think that's a good idea, do you? As hard as it was to pass, you think they should now table their laws for a few, because conciliation or something? That's nonsensical in every single respect.
Last edited by Crowe Diddly; 10-12-2013 at 10:06 AM.
It's not retarded at all Crowe. The Republicans lost the fight when the bill was passed, but they still do not want it to be law. They do not have the votes needed to fully repeal the law so they are using the powers available to them under the Constitution to put off full implementation until the can repeal it. If what they are doing is retarded then the Constitution that gives them the powers must therefore be retarded. It doesn't matter if "YOU" like what they are doing or that "I" do not like the ACA because they are exercising the only means that they have to fight what they feel is an unjust and overreaching law.
I haven't followed this situation very closely, but my basic understanding is that the Democrats refused to accept funding to run the government. If that's the case, then they obviously are mostly to blame for this mess. Even if they feel that the Republican house is being unreasonable, it was ultimately the Dems' decision to let this happen.
You don't have to follow any US politics closely to know what is going on. There are two parties at war to be in control of where money is siphoned to. They are both responsible for the ginormous debt and every hilarious control war they engage in. One party says they are working for the great sky-wizard, the other one claims to be working for the people. The only interest either has is their own self interest and for those that paid to get them the glimpse of power they fumble with.
Your country is no where close to the greatness it once professed to be. Only thing to do is run out and buy another gun to prove to the rest of the world how free and great you are.
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