No political rant today, but just some rhetoric. I don't know much about the shutdown anyway.
So the government is shutting down, and all non-essential employees are getting a free day (without pay, which is lame) and all essential employees are sitting at there desks wishing they were getting paid.
Notice how the people who keep us safe, the people who create and guard our beauty, our memorials, who teach and who serve, are the ones getting shut down. And the people who make these silly rules and spend the money aren't hurt in the least by these shutdowns.
I do hate that the people who are tightening the belt aren't wearing the belt.
Here's a link to what some vets thought of closing down the WWII memorial park. hint: They didn't think it well.
Why is this shutdown affecting people we need and want. Why don't we put a moratorium on say, the DEA. For the next week, smoke them if you got them. Or snort. or..inject, I guess, if that's your thing...
I wee bit of hyperbole, but the point stands. The people punished by this shutdown are the people who protect our homes, keep our parks, and send us mail. Does that seem just to you? And I am not letting anyone off the hook here. Shutdown is the worst thing in the world, and there were alternatives. But both sides were playing whiny poo-poo head.
Seriously, our legislative and executive branches are acting like children who refuse to find a solution that both sides find acceptable, and then blaming each other for starting it.
We the people need to start being the adult in the room and send them to bed without supper.
OK, I guess this was a rant. Maybe I'll shutdown for the day.
Edit: Quick Update on the Dickery of th Feds:
The Washington Monument syndrome, also known as the Mount Rushmore Syndrome,[1] or the firemen first principle,[2][3] is a political tactic used in the United States by government agencies when faced with budget cuts. The tactic entails cutting the most visible or appreciated service provided by the government, from popular services such as national parks and libraries[1] to valued public employees such as teachers and firefighters.[2] This is done to gain support for tax increases that the public would otherwise be against. The name derives from the National Park Service's alleged habit of saying that any cuts would lead to an immediate closure of the wildly popular Washington
Monument.[4] The National Review compare the tactic to hostage taking or blackmail.[5]Although the strategy usually intends to highlight the government's value to voters, it can also be aimed at lawmakers themselves. Faced with budget cuts in the 1970s, Amtrak announced plans to cease train routes in the home districts of several members ofCongress.[2]
The term was first used after George Hartzog, the seventh director of the National Park Service, closed popular national parks such as the Washington Monument and Grand Canyon National Park for two days a week in 1969. In response to complaints, Congress fired Hartzog and restored the funding.
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