Hello Everybody,   
      
   "They don't get to hold the entire economy hostage over   
   ideological demands!" - President Barack Obama   
      
   President Barack Obama was talking about the thirty odd   
   Republican members of the House who have managed to shut   
   down the government (with a little help from friends).   
      
   The Republican leadership in the House cannot control their own.   
   The Republican leadership in the Senate cannot control their own.   
      
   What do these Republican outlaws expect to gain by their antics?   
   The Affordable Care Act was passed by both houses of Congress, signed   
   into law by the President, and upheld by the US Supreme Court.  The   
   American people will not take kindly to acts of extortion.  Which is   
   exactly what this government shutdown business is.  Republicans are   
   telling the President, "Give us what we want, or else!"   
      
   How far will Republicans go in this matter?  Will Republicans go so   
   far as to take this country down with them, leaving the American people   
   as poor as people in Bangladesh?  We have already seen what Republicans   
   have done to this country's credit rating.  And to think they are   
   willing to drag it down even more.  If this keeps up, we'll all be   
   riding bicycles rather than driving cars.   
      
   Then again, most Americans could use the exercise ...   
      
   --Lee   
      
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