Congress likely to give shutdown workers back pay - COLLECTIVE CHAOS

WASHINGTON (AP) — A partial government shutdown enters its fifth day, with Congress convening for a session that promises no progress in breaking the impasse but will at least offer back pay to furloughed federal workers.

The GOP House is scheduled Saturday to vote on legislation backed by the White House and congressional Democrats that would make sure the 800,000 sidelined government employees would get their pay when the shutdown ends. The Senate is expected to clear it later, even as early as Saturday, for President Barack Obama's signature.

Lawmakers keep replaying the same script on Capitol Hill: House Republicans pass piecemeal bills to reopen popular and politically sensitive programs — on Friday, disaster relief and food aid for the poor — while Democrats insist that the House vote on a straightforward Senate-passed measure to reopen all of government.

"But the far right of the Republican Party won't let Speaker John Boehner give that bill a yes-or-no vote," Obama said in his Saturday radio and Internet address. "Take that vote. Stop this farce. End this shutdown now."

There seemed little chance of that. For one thing, flinching by either side on the shutdown might be seen as weakening one's hand in an even more important fight looming just over the horizon as the combatants in Washington increasingly shifted their focus to a mid month deadline for averting a first-ever default.

"This isn't some damn game," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said as the White House and Democrats held to their position of agreeing to negotiate only after the government is reopened and the $16.7 trillion debt limit raised. Republicans pointed to a quote in The Wall Street Journal from an anonymous White House official that "we are winning ... It doesn't really matter to us" how long the shutdown lasts.

How Republicans start their day

     
         

          1. Open a new file in your computer.
          2. Name it 'Barack Obama'.
          3. Send it to the Recycle Bin.
          4. Empty the Recycle Bin.
          5. Your PC will ask you: 'Do you really want to get rid of 'Barack Obama?'
          6. Firmly Click 'YES.'
          7. Feel better?

An explanation of the "Debt Ceiling"

Democrats don't understand THE DEBT CEILING

Republicans don't understand THE DEBT CEILING

Liberals don't understand THE DEBT CEILING

Conservatives don't understand THE DEBT CEILING

NO ONE understands THE DEBT CEILING

SO - Allow me to explain . . .

Let's say you come home from work and find there

has been a Sewer backup in your Neighborhood.

Your Home has sewage all the way up to your ceilings.

What do you think you should do ?

Raise the ceilings or pump out the crap ?

Your choice is coming this November.

Don't miss the opportunity !

Obama: Government ‘Made This Country Great’

Who's on First .... If anyone understands the below two statements, please reply to joedooley@yahoo.com and explain them to me. I was having a pleasant Sunday morning, the sun came out, then I read this, and my head is spinning, round and round .......... made me think of Abbot and Costello, or a Bob Newhart telephone conversation. I must admit, my mind cannot comprehend to content  of the statement.

President Obama attacked Republicans for their desire to cut the government spending that “made this country great,” while also faulting them for failing to “balance the budget.”

Obama said that Republicans have “one message and that is, we’re going to make sure that we cut people’s taxes even more — so that by every objective measure our deficit is worse and we will slash government investments that have made this country great,” he argued, “not because it’s going to balance the budget, but because it’s driven by our ideological vision about how government should be. That’s their agenda, pure and simple.”

Another $17 trillion surprise found in Obamacare

By Neil Munro
    Senate Republican staffers continue to look though the 2010 Obamacare law to see what’s in it, and their latest discovery is a massive $17 trillion funding gap.
    “The more we learn about the bill, the more we learn it is even more unaffordable than was suspected,” said Ala. Sen. Jeff Sessions, the Republican’s budget chief in the Senate.
    “The bill has to be removed from the books because we don’t have the money,” he said.
    The hidden shortfall between new Obamacare spending and new Obamacare taxes was revealed just after Supreme Court judges grilled the law’s supporters about its compliance with the constitution’s limits on government activity. If the judges don’t strike down the law, Obamacare will force taxpayers find another $17 trillion to pay for Obamacare’s spending.
    The $17 trillion in extra promises was revealed by an analysis of the law’s long-term requirements. The additional obligations, when combined with existing Medicare and Medicaid funding shortfalls, leaves taxpayers on the hook for an extra $82 trillion over the next 75 years.
    The federal government already owes $15 trillion in debt, including $5 trillion in funds borrowed during Obama’s term.

Einstein said it best .............. Insanity

Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.


Think about that statement by Albert Einstein

Is it not insane to keep sending POLITICIANS back to Washington, regardless of their affiliations. We sent Republicans then sent Democrats, then Republicans and then Democrats, and look where we are.

Is that not insanity?

AND, we keep expecting different results, and they never happen.

INSANITY: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Think about that .................

Is the DOOR OPEN for a THIRD PARTY?

I've Wondered

Have you ever wondered if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?


Have you ever wondered if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

More from the same source ......

Have you ever wondered if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?