The Government Shutdown Countdown Lowdown MEGATHREAD

[Admiral Yi]

A good answer for the most part Jacob.

[Ideologue]

But - for the second moment of ignoring your biased framing - the Democrats will and should allow it. Not for political gain, but because they have no other choice.

What about a coup d'etat?  We have the loyalty of the legions.

[Jacob]

A good answer for the most part Jacob.

[Jacob]

because they have no other choice.

[The Brain]

But - for the second moment of ignoring your biased framing - the Democrats will and should allow it. Not for political gain, but because they have no other choice.

What about a coup d'etat?  We have the loyalty of the legions.

Miller Lite does.

[Admiral Yi]

because they have no other choice.

He's right.  You may consider it a very bad choice, but there is a choice.

[frunk]

He's right.  You may consider it a very bad choice, but there is a choice.

I think it's way worse than a very bad choice, it's a corruption of the whole US political system.  We have a portion of one representative body holding hostage the government and blackmailing the other representative body and the executive to reverse previously passed legislation (and can theoretically do it again on a regular basis over any issue).  There's no way that should be allowed to work.

[Jacob]

He's right.  You may consider it a very bad choice, but there is a choice.

That's not what he said, though.

[Admiral Yi]

I think it's way worse than a very bad choice, it's a corruption of the whole US political system.  We have a portion of one representative body holding hostage the government and blackmailing the other representative body and the executive to reverse previously passed legislation (can can theoretically do it again on a regular basis over any issue).  There's no way that should be allowed to work.

It seems to me to be built in to the US political system.  Every year the spending for nonentitlement spending has to be agreed to by both houses of Congress.

[garbon]

He's right.  You may consider it a very bad choice, but there is a choice.

That's not what he said, though.

That is what I was implying though.

[sbr]

But you don't understand frunk, they really really hate obamacare.

[Jacob]

That is what I was implying though.

[garbon]

That is what I was implying though.

It was. You said that they have no other choice.  They do, it just isn't palatable.

[Jacob]

It was. You said that they have no other choice.  They do, it just isn't palatable.

[garbon]

It was. You said that they have no other choice.  They do, it just isn't palatable.

I forgot that I should have written several paragraphs as my initial reply.