4 Jon Stewart videos.
From Denny: Have you been enjoying the Washington soap opera lately - known as The Government Shutdown? The word is that sometime tonight Speaker Boehner will finally do his job and allow the full House to vote on the bill to end this idiot shutdown and reopen the government.
Of course, there are conservative groups still urging members to vote against raising the country's debt ceiling to avoid default. Those same groups also don't want the government reopened. No one said groups like Club For Growth were smart enough to understand the global implications of such a screamingly stupid strategy.
Tomorrow is when the government hits its final time limit where the clock runs out because America loses its ability to borrow. Get this; the U. S. Treasury says after that date we only have about $30 billion on hand with which to pay our bills, along with some incoming tax revenue added. That isn't much for a $17 trillion annual economy. Apparently, over at the House, they aren't smart enough to understand basic math like the rest of us, with conservatives and Tea Party members declaring how good it would be for America if the country defaulted from its prestigious AAA rating. Does Stupid get any more ridiculous?
You see the House Speaker has held the American people hostage just to stroke the childish egos of the Tea Party and conservative Republicans performing the World's Worst Temper Tantrum for the past 16 days. All this, with Boehner knowing he would have to back down and agree to vote some version of this bill anyway. Yet Boehner thought nothing of putting through financial hell the country and millions of people dependent upon the government directly or indirectly for their paychecks.
Do you know just how much money the Republicans and the Tea Party have cost the U. S. economy? Try a minimum of $24 billion for the past 16 days. That's just the monetary cost which does not take into account consumer, investor and voter confidence. That cost is yet to be accurately measured and will play out over the next few years in the form of elections, housing market sales and Wall Street reports.
For now, Congress has kicked the can down the political road until the middle of January 2014. Yes, start rolling your eyes now and get ready for the next installment of The Government Shutdown Washington soap opera. The new season starts January 2014. Bet you all are really jonesin' for it like a new episode of Downton Abbey.
Barring that maybe the nation's lawyers will get together and bring a hoarde of lawsuits against all these Washington Cry Babies to push them out of office early. Maybe we will get lucky and they get some prison time too for "malfeasance in office" which is all too evident. Not to mention "theft by deception" as these guys take paychecks for which they don't spend time actually working.
Meanwhile, enjoy the hilarious social commentary from The Comedy Gods, the national late night comics and my personal favorite, comic Jon Stewart. They keep us laughing so we don't pick up a can of Cajun Whoop Ass from my local Louisiana convenience store and march on Washington to teach them nasty political varmints a lesson. Oh, be sure to order your government shutdown t-shirts today. Many styles and sizes and three designs from which to choose! We have to be ready for the next showdown. We simply must be in unison with our coordinating fashion statements when we march on Washington. Just think of the news visuals; they will be stunning - and a news producer's dream! :)
