So, they went through with it. Obstructionist cocksuckers have once again, shut down the government. Because this went so well Last Time. All I can do is laugh, for a variety of reasons.
First, this is obviously retarded behavior. Most people think this strategy blows.
Second, I like it when bad stuff happens to ignorant jackasses, and the Venn diagram of that group &
Republicans has a pretty large overlap. Not to say there isn't also an overlap of Democrats and Jackasses, but they are somewhat less likely to get busted doing something they spend thousands of hours and dollars decrying. (c.f. / Google Vitter, Thurmond, DeLay, Foley, Hopper, Sessions, Ashburn, Duvall, Stanley, Sanford, Ensign, Berlin, Fossella, McKee, Thompson, Allen, Craig . . .) Fun fact, one of the main groups that would be helped tremendously by Obamacare? Also highly-likely to be fucked over by a shutdown? Guess.
In the event that you're link-averse, it's the Tea Party's main demographic.
Third, and this is really the most important one to me. A couple of people I am very close to are active service members. We don't agree about everything. And now? They're not getting paid. The opportunity to mock decorated special forces trained service members for being merely "volunteers" instead of getting a real paying job like any other hardworking American? Priceless.
On a more serious note, this obviously does suck a lot for reservists and college kids who recently joined up. They don't have a lot of spare coin laying around, buy 'em a beer or a meal or something until this blows over.
