Government Closed, Sun Still Expected To Rise

[patric]

And a positive note, folks in here are no longer hanging Oklahoma out to dry and instead blaming Texas.

Oklahoma will not be outdone; we have giant credit cards we can cut up on TV:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-9-2013/shutstorm-2013--america-sits-on-its-balls---colorful-analogies

[patric]

Defying authority is required when authority becomes corrupted.

Well it took you a while, but Im glad you finally came around.

[AquaMan]

My comprehension problems? Or your failure to see the irony. And a positive note, folks in here are no longer hanging Oklahoma out to dry and instead blaming Texas.

When it comes to crazy, Texas has it all over us. We got stupid down pat, but Texas raises the bar....

Louie Gohmert: A Debt Default Is 'An Impeachable Offense By The President'
The Huffington Post  |  By Ashley Alman   
Posted: 10/13/2013 7:50 pm EDT  |  Updated: 10/14/2013 2:59 pm EDTRep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) isn't sure whether he'll support a debt limit deal, but he is sure of one thing: a debt default would be President Barack Obama's fault.

A reporter for The Young Turks asked Gohmert whether he'd support a bill that would raise the debt ceiling at the Values Voter Summit on Friday.

"The word 'deal' concerns me," he said. "If it's good for America."

When asked whether he would allow the government to default on its debt, Gohmert projected the responsibility for such circumstances onto Obama.

"No," he said, "that would be an impeachable offense by the president."

Gohmert has continuously attempted to diffuse blame for a potential breach of the debt ceiling -- and the government shutdown -- as an Oct. 17 debt limit deadline looms...."

Texas isn't just better at football, look at these crazies that Texas representative and Tparty activist Palin riled up-

At a veteran-led rally that hit the World War II Memorial, the National Mall and the White House on Sunday, one tea party rallier had choice words for President Barack Obama, blaming him for the government shutdown and calling on him to step down.

Larry Klayman of Freedom Watch, a conservative political advocacy group, said the country is "ruled by a president who bows down to Allah," and "is not a president of 'we the people.'"

"I call upon all of you to wage a second American nonviolent revolution, to use civil disobedience, and to demand that this president leave town, to get up, to put the Quran down, to get up off his knees, and to figuratively come up with his hands out," he said.

Klayman was joined by a group of veterans protesting the memorial closures that followed the government shutdown earlier this month. The demonstrators, who were met by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and former Alaska Gov Sarah Palin, pushed through the barriers at war memorials and carried the barricades back to the White House, Confederate flags in tow.

"Our vets have proven that they have not been timid," Palin said at the rally, "so we will not be timid in calling out any who would use our military, our vets, as pawns in a political game."

Cruz and Palin sittin' in a tree....

[Hoss]

When it comes to crazy, Texas has it all over us. We got stupid down pat, but Texas raises the bar....

Louie Gohmert: A Debt Default Is 'An Impeachable Offense By The President'
The Huffington Post  |  By Ashley Alman   
Posted: 10/13/2013 7:50 pm EDT  |  Updated: 10/14/2013 2:59 pm EDTRep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) isn't sure whether he'll support a debt limit deal, but he is sure of one thing: a debt default would be President Barack Obama's fault.

A reporter for The Young Turks asked Gohmert whether he'd support a bill that would raise the debt ceiling at the Values Voter Summit on Friday.

"The word 'deal' concerns me," he said. "If it's good for America."

When asked whether he would allow the government to default on its debt, Gohmert projected the responsibility for such circumstances onto Obama.

"No," he said, "that would be an impeachable offense by the president."

Gohmert has continuously attempted to diffuse blame for a potential breach of the debt ceiling -- and the government shutdown -- as an Oct. 17 debt limit deadline looms...."

Texas isn't just better at football, look at these crazies that Texas representative and Tparty activist Palin riled up-

At a veteran-led rally that hit the World War II Memorial, the National Mall and the White House on Sunday, one tea party rallier had choice words for President Barack Obama, blaming him for the government shutdown and calling on him to step down.

Larry Klayman of Freedom Watch, a conservative political advocacy group, said the country is "ruled by a president who bows down to Allah," and "is not a president of 'we the people.'"

"I call upon all of you to wage a second American nonviolent revolution, to use civil disobedience, and to demand that this president leave town, to get up, to put the Quran down, to get up off his knees, and to figuratively come up with his hands out," he said.

Klayman was joined by a group of veterans protesting the memorial closures that followed the government shutdown earlier this month. The demonstrators, who were met by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and former Alaska Gov Sarah Palin, pushed through the barriers at war memorials and carried the barricades back to the White House, Confederate flags in tow.

"Our vets have proven that they have not been timid," Palin said at the rally, "so we will not be timid in calling out any who would use our military, our vets, as pawns in a political game."

Cruz and Palin sittin' in a tree....

Wow, so this knucklehead was elected to the HOTR, and he doesn't know that it's his branch that controls the pursestrings?

Yep, Texas has ventured into the stupid.  They deserve what they get.

Maybe they can elect Mack Brown next.

[nathanm]

That's funny, the author of that screed seems to think the POTUS election in 2012 was a referendum on Obamacare.

Kind of like 2004 wasn't a referendum on the Iraq War, right? 

Romney's main line of attack was fear about Obamacare. If it was that important to the electorate, they would have picked Romney.

[Hoss]

Kind of like 2004 wasn't a referendum on the Iraq War, right? 

Romney's main line of attack was fear about Obamacare. If it was that important to the electorate, they would have picked Romney.

And the funny thing?  Obamacare is essentially what Romney put forth in Mass.  "Obamneycare".

[Cats Cats Cats]

Wow, so this knucklehead was elected to the HOTR, and he doesn't know that it's his branch that controls the pursestrings?

Yep, Texas has ventured into the stupid.  They deserve what they get.

Maybe they can elect Mack Brown next.

I love that the house and senate not passing a bill is impeachable. Easy way to get rid of any president LOL.

[nathanm]

Great optics there, by the way, waving Confederate flags in front of a black man's house.  Let me guess, next time they'll bring crosses and set them on fire.

Good to see the House hasn't lost its nerve. Now they're talking about passing a bill and immediately leaving town so the Senate is forced to accept it as is. What are they, 12, with their ding dong ditch plan? On the bright side, they probably won't be able to pass anything.

[Townsend]

Good to see the House hasn't lost its nerve. Now they're talking about passing a bill and immediately leaving town so the Senate is forced to accept it as is. What are they, 12, with their ding dong ditch plan? On the bright side, they probably won't be able to pass anything.

No unanimous consent going to be there so there'll have to be a 30 hour debate.

No way Cruz is going to go for it.

[Conan71]

Kind of like 2004 wasn't a referendum on the Iraq War, right?  

Romney's main line of attack was fear about Obamacare. If it was that important to the electorate, they would have picked Romney.

If it had been a referendum on the Iraq War, John Kerry would have been the 44th president of the US.  Instead Democrats complained that Kerry was "swift boated", he was assailed as being a flip-flopper, and that's why they lost the White House that year.  Remember?  It was personal attacks that cost Kerry that election.  At least that was the excuse of Kerry and his supporters.

Obama didn't run on his accomplishments, he had very little to be proud of as an incumbent president seeking reelection.  He did exactly what he  accused McCain of doing in 2008: "When you don't have a record of your own to run on, you make your opponent look like someone to run from."  (loosely paraphrased).

[RecycleMichael]

My remembrance of them past elections was different.

John Kerry was a terrible candidate. He had been in the Senate so long that he spoke like a Senator, not a real person. He just wasn't likable.

I think Romney just wasn't trustworthy. The whole refusal to release tax records really hurt him.

The next President better be likable and honest about their money.

[Townsend]

The next President better be likable and honest about their money.

Probably be helpful if they weren't associated with perceived nut jobs.  I saw that Palin's climbed out of her fur lined bouncy cell.

[Hoss]

Probably be helpful if they weren't associated with perceived nut jobs.  I saw that Palin's climbed out of her fur lined bouncy cell.

With crib-notes on hand...err....yeah.

[heironymouspasparagus]

My remembrance of them past elections was different.

John Kerry was a terrible candidate. He had been in the Senate so long that he spoke like a Senator, not a real person. He just wasn't likable.

I think Romney just wasn't trustworthy. The whole refusal to release tax records really hurt him.

The next President better be likable and honest about their money.

Vote for me!  I will let the Bush tax cuts lapse, like they should have already.  I will fix the gun show loophole problem - will require law abiding citizens to keep firearms in their homes for self defense - like the Swiss used to do.  Will restart the draft so we have citizen soldiers like for the first 200 years of the country.  And since I have probably less money than the average around here, I will accept every paycheck that the government issues me and truly enjoy and be thankful for the pension that accrues to the position.  And first order of business is to fix the mess that is the so-called "Patriot Act".  Not gonna release any tax returns - it would be just way to embarrassing for me that everyone knows how little I have made as an engineer.

And NO Sharia law will ever encroach upon our courts anywhere, anytime!

Other than that, people - enjoy your lives as free Americans!  Don't intrude on my rights and I won't intrude on yours!  (Remember, I would have the IRS working for me...)

[Hoss]

GOP Senator says deal reached to reopen government; raise debt ceiling.

http://www.newson6.com/story/23706394/senator-says-deal-in-hand-to-avoid-default