US Government Shutdown...

[orchard]

Will this catch on ? Better than getting 'snowed in' ? Would we miss or even notice the absence of our Civil servants ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24343698

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Belgium did ok despite having no government for 535 days a few years ago.

http://www.businessinsider.com/belgium-government-elio-di-rupo-2011-12?op=1

 

[orchard]

Belgium did ok despite having no government for 535 days a few years ago.

http://www.businessinsider.com/belgium-government-elio-di-rupo-2011-12?op=1

That's more like the equivalent to a US State though isn't it Bruce ?

Just read this and thought it rather funny:
"If they can't pay for the ink they won't be able to print money"

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Yeah but one that produces Lukaku rather than Altidore.

 

[orchard]

Yeah but one that produces Lukaku rather than Altidore.

hahaha

 

[Kurt.]

Did Bruce just mock Altidore ?

 

[orchard]

Did Bruce just mock Altidore ?

Everything on the otherside of the Atlantic really mate

 

[abelard]

I flew to DC on sunday night to work at the National Archives. 24 hours later they're closed indefinitely due to republicanism. I'm used to headaches doing research in third world countries (Vietnam, Cambodia etc.) but this takes the cake.

 

[Mrk]

I wish we could have a government shutdown.

 

[orchard]

I flew to DC on sunday night to work at the National Archives. 24 hours later they're closed indefinitely due to republicanism. I'm used to headaches doing research in third world countries (Vietnam, Cambodia etc.) but this takes the cake.

How long were you expecting to be researching there ?
Not great mate

 

[Hellerad]

General election elects president. Check.
General election elects legislature. Check.
Supreme Court selected by constitutional checks and balances. Check.
President proposes law. Check.
Congress votes for law. Check.
Supreme Court upholds law as constitutional. Check.
President re-elected based largely on public approval of law. Check.

Lower house of Congress shuts down government in order to force government to delay implementing said law.

Pure madness.

 

[icburns]

*waits for TX Bill

Seriously though, this is as frustrating (and futile) as a Moyes team at Anfield.

A minority of a part of a part of the government is clinging and grasping at power at the expense of thousands of families and social programs not to mention medical and technological research because they're still annoyed by the majority passage of a progressive healthcare bill that doesn't directly benefit their corporate sponsors. Everyone in US Congress are being tots, but some are more tittish than others.

 

[Kurt.]

*waits for TX Bill

Seriously though, this is as frustrating (and futile) as a Moyes team at Anfield.

A minority of a part of a part of the government is clinging and grasping at power at the expense of thousands of families and social programs not to mention medical and technological research because they're still annoyed by the majority passage of a progressive healthcare bill that doesn't directly benefit their corporate sponsors. Everyone in US Congress are being tots, but some are more tittish than others.

Yeah..... It's tit for tot.

 

[roydo]

The truly terrifying bit is on here though. The actual scale of US debt is horrific.

(Bit off topic, but not much).http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24209622

 

[icburns]

The truly terrifying bit is on here though. The actual scale of US debt is horrific.

(Bit off topic, but not much).http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24209622

We're basically Man United lad.