Government Open; Sun did rise

[carltonplace]

Thousands are back at work. Thank you to the bipartisan efforts of the majority.

[Conan71]

And now furloughed government workers can get back to being paid for doing nothing!

[Hoss]

And now furloughed government workers members of Congress can get back to being paid for doing nothing!

FIFY.

[Gaspar]

And now furloughed government workers can get back to being paid for doing nothing!

Essentially!. . .or, um Non-essentially!

Spite House memo reads EMBARGO OFF!

[nathanm]

Spite House memo reads EMBARGO OFF!

Still having trouble with the meaning of the word "closed," I see. The hilarious thing is how your Tea Party idols couldn't figure out for 16 days whether or not they were the ones that shut down the government or not. Half the time it was "Woo, we shut down the government!" and the other half it was "Shame on Obama for shutting down the government!" You can't have it both ways. Sorry.

[Conan71]

Interesting list, by agency of total employees and how many are deemed "non-essential" during a shutdown.  Sure seems like a lot of bloat in there to me:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/30/absolutely-everything-you-need-to-know-about-how-the-government-shutdown-will-work/

[heironymouspasparagus]

The hilarious thing is how your Tea Party idols couldn't figure out for 16 days whether or not they were the ones that shut down the government or not. Half the time it was "Woo, we shut down the government!" and the other half it was "Shame on Obama for shutting down the government!" You can't have it both ways. Sorry.

That's what schizophrenia is all about...er, uh, I guess it's called 'bi-polar' now...?  That sounds more appropriate - bi-polar....two poles.  Positive and negative - so they are trying to be both at once - classic.

Also could easily be construed as hypocritical.  And lying.

[Hoss]

That's what schizophrenia is all about...er, uh, I guess it's called 'bi-polar' now...?  That sounds more appropriate - bi-polar....two poles.  Positive and negative - so they are trying to be both at once - classic.

Also could easily be construed as hypocritical.  And lying.

No, bi-polar and schizophrenia are two different conditions.

[heironymouspasparagus]

No, bi-polar and schizophrenia are two different conditions.

But both in ample evidence with the "you know who"...

[Townsend]

No, bi-polar and schizophrenia are two different conditions.

We've got a big ol' gaggle of Sybils doing business on the Hill.

[AquaMan]

Even schizophrenia isn't what people think it is. Multiple personality disorders, I believe, are a type of schizophrenia. The one that scares me is borderline personality disorder. I think we all have some of that.

Been reading my son's first year psych book. My, things have changed since I took that course.