Government Shutdown

     Our country is going through a very...shall we say....interesting time.  Apparently the government is "shutdown".  But who can tell?  I definitely haven't noticed anything.  We're still getting the mail, the troops are still in the field, and our Congressmen are still getting their paychecks. Oh right, but all the National Parks are shut down, Obama was arresting 80 year old WWII veterans for trying to visit their own monument, and a bunch of .gov websites are shut down (because we all know how terribly expensive it is to keep a website running).  Probably the biggest effect of the shutdown is the furloughing of 800,000 "non-essential" government workers (Good grief, we have that many non-essential government employees? Talk about big government...).  In my opinion, it seems pretty hypocritical to shut down our parks and monuments and still pay Congress and the President.

     So, whose fault is all of this?  Obama is blaming Congress -- specifically the Republicans in Congress.  The front page of whitehouse.gov says, "Because Congress did not fulfill its responsibility to pass a budget, much of the federal government is shut down."  The GOP is blaming Obama, Harry Reid and company.  However, the House is passing bill after bill to fund the government, giving in to the Dems on many issues, but the Democrat-controlled Senate won't budge, or so it seems.  How 'bout a little compromise here, guys?  Anyone?  And I'm not just talking to the Democrats.  Both sides need to come together and work something out.  In the words of Dr. Kessler, according to the liberal media, "the sky is falling" and its all the GOP's fault.  And since the media always tells the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, I guess it must be true.  It is really horrible of the Republicans to not want to fund something that we can't afford, and something that has the potential to ruin the economy.  Completely selfish and hypocritical.  Ok, sorry...enough with the sarcasm.  But seriously....come on people.  As much as I hate the word, Congress (both parties) has to make some serious compromises, or nothing is ever going to get done.  Maybe the Boehner and the GOP need to allow the debt ceiling to be raised (yet again), and maybe Obama, Reid and the Dems should consider delaying the funding of Obamacare.  Just a thought.  What do you think?  Leave a comment below.