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   JB>>number of Dems.  Now their worst fears take hold as each day goes by   
   JB>>and  the world doesn't end.  Their fear tactics of doom and gloom   
   JB>>won't come  true.  The people will see that the fears from the left   
   JB>>are way over  blown.  Obama and the left will now start the hand   
      
    Turns out pretty much every business publication of any note and   
    business agencies disagreed with you. That includes the WSJ, the   
    US Chamber of Congress, and The Economist and Financial Times.   
      
    Oh, and none of that had anything to do with taking anyone's   
    charge card away, that deadline had not even arrived yet, and   
    now it won't for months. Didn't you know that?   
      
   JB>>waiving about what  could happen or what will happen in the future.   
   JB>>All that has happened  is that their ability to borrow money has been   
   JB>>revoked (i.e. we've taken  away their credit card).  Now they have to   
   JB>>live within their means.  For  the hard left, this is the end of the   
   JB>>world scenario.  Maybe they can  get Ben to print them up a stack of   
   JB>>cash and bring it over in trucks :)   
      
    Good thing I didn't see this immediately. Gave it time to end.   
      
    All that has actually happened is, the Republicans caved. They   
    saw the end of their world coming, and they got scared. As it   
    is, many Republicans are hostile to the Tea Party, even more   
    than they were before.   
      
    Ted Cruz is looking more and more like the looney he is, and   
    even Republicans are seeing it.   
      
    JB> Well day two has come and pretty much the same as day 1,   
    JB> except that the Obama administration made some bad   
    JB> decisions by closing down national parks and some WWII vets   
    JB> had to take matters into their own hands.  It will be   
      
    They did not make a decision. That was the way the law is   
    written. No money, they shut down.   
      
    If it was just a decision the feds made, why did NYC, under   
    their Republican mayor, come up with $15,000/day to reopen The   
    Statue of Liberty? Why did Arizona come up with $115,000/day to   
    reopen part of the Grand Canyon? That ain't chump change, so why   
    would state and city governments, Republican run state and city   
    government, come up with money like that if it wasn't necessary?   
      
    JB> interesting to see how the administration deals with its   
    JB> decision making around how to live within its financial   
    JB> means.  We'll get a glimpse into whether Obama wants to do   
    JB> the right thing for the country with regards to spending   
    JB> priorities or whether he will resort to his typical   
    JB> political decision making.  This is what happens when mommy   
    JB> and daddy take away Junior's credit card.   
      
    There was no decision to make. The law was written that way, no   
    one can rationally say monuments are crucial functions. And the   
    law forbids volunteers to run things while the funding is ended.   
      
    Law, Jeff, law.   
      
    JB> Patriotism is not who can leak the most Secret documents to   
    JB> the NY Times ...   
      
    Or the identity of covert operatives to the world.   
      
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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