Banana republicans flaunt tresspassing at the WWII Memorial

 


Washingtonpost.com:

The elderly veterans piled off the chartered buses in front of the World War II Memorial, some in wheelchairs, some using canes, all determined to pay homage to each other and their fallen comrades from more than half a century ago.

Metal barricades and signs announcing a closure due to the shutdown of the federal government  awaited them.

The graying and stooped men, wearing blue baseball caps, red T-shirts and garlands of red, white and blue flowers, surged forward, accompanied by members of Congress — the same lawmakers who, hours earlier, had triggered a government shutdown by failing to pass a budget resolution.
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It’s the effen Law!

I really needed something to laugh at. Jon Stewart to the rescue.

The Affordable Care Act is the law.  It doesn’t have to be negotiated.  It passed both houses of Congress, was signed by the President and affirmed by the Supreme Court, or as Stewart puts it, 9 pre-cogs in magic  robes.

Rocking Shutdown Eve did everything but rock.  It went off with a whimper and a whole lot of pontificating out of  some of the tea party ‘republicans’ in the House of Representatives.  Their hero was nowhere to be seen or heard.  Those who are holding out need to dig out those Constitutions, even if it takes a comic book form and  review how a bill becomes a law.  President Obama addressed the military and assured them that they and their families would be paid.

The behavior of the tea party ‘republicans’ endangers the GOP, endangers the economy, endangers the country, and hurts the American people.  One buffoon suggested on MSNBC that the federal workers should be happy because they get a paid vacation.  Meanwhile, who pays their mortgage?

Several people have begun calling Senator Cruz the new speaker of the house because he bullied and directed congress from the Senate.  That’s not what *I* call him!!

As an aside, my newly acquired congressman was featured in the Stewart montage.  You guessed it, the one making an A-hole of himself.  I cannot win.