I'd post a link to their website, but that's shut down as well. (Have a look at what it says today - 10/4/13)
I can't even begin to express the rage that I feel. As a country, we should be pissed. Absolutely furious.
Can you imagine traveling to Washington, DC, or the Statue of Liberty, or Yellowstone? You're all set for a vacation and you pull up and see a sign like this. Your vacation plans - the money - all shot down the tubes because of pettiness and brilliant incompetence.
The government isn't going to reimburse you for the your lost wages, or the time you took off from work.
Fire them all? Of course, we've know it's not possible, but my god something has to be done. We - THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - are looking like a joke to the outside world.
We can't get our junk together. Instead we have Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx) recite Green Eggs and Ham. We've got this stooge berating a Park Ranger for doing her job - the job HE voted for (thanks, Sal). We've got World War II vets saying "screw this" and pushing past the barricades.
How DARE they barricade us from the monuments and memorials? I understand that buildings - the Smithsonian and so on - need to be closed (not that I agree, even remotely), but the World War II Memorial? IT'S A MONUMENT. Leave it open and get on with it.
I'll go one further - my sister is going to France. She leaves tonight. One of her goals - hell, one of MY goals - is to visit Normandy. This is supposed to be her chance.
IT'S F**KING CLOSED. Closed. Shut. Fermer (which is supposed to be "closed down or shut" in French)
Let that sink in again. Think about it.
HOW.
EFFING (I really want to curse here but just can't bring myself to).
DARE.
THEY?
If that doesn't infuriate you then I'm not sure what else to say.
People aren't working. They're either being furloughed or having their money "delayed." Of course, the bills won't be delayed, but the government doesn't give Martin Van Buren's ass about that.
It's nuts.
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