Ready for work and nowhere to go

[neadods]

They actually did it. Threw hundreds of thousands of people out of work to make sure millions of people won't get healthcare. I just went from having a big bonus and all my leave planned out through the end of the year to being out of work -- it's not just the Government that shuts when the Government shuts in this company town.

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[shaggydogstail.livejournal.com]

I find the whole thing completely baffling - I keep thinking "how can this even be allowed to happen?" Sorry you're getting dumped on so bad. :(

[neadods.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I didn't expect it to happen. I thought some grown up would step in before it went this far.

[redpanda13.livejournal.com]

We were all hoping. I quit hoping when I read that Boehner had pledged not to bring anything to a vote unless he was sure he had enough votes to pass it with ONLY GOP votes, not counting any Democrats. If the few sane House Republicans had voted with the Dems, which it looked as if they were willing to do, this wouldn't have happened.

Article in WashPost quoted some pissant R congresscrap from OK or KS: "If Obamacare takes effect, we'll never recover as a nation! We'll never be a free people again!" I don't think there's a cure for stupidity that deep. You can call it fanaticism-- same thing.

It all goes back to the way the state GOPs have gerrymandered their voting districts. If it went by one person, one vote, as it's supposed to, the Democrats would have a majority in the House and a few dozen fanatics couldn't hijack the whole damn government and economy. They don't care who hurts or how the country is damaged, so long as it makes Obama look bad or weak.

Also about 90% of Congress is now in "safe seats," so the only opposition they face is from their own party, and the GOP is challenged primarily by Tea Party loons even farther right than they are, so they lurch right to forestall them.

Good Horsey cartoon and column:

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-republicans-shut-down-20130930,0,2380001.story

And Cruz is looking more and more like Joe McCarthy. As long as he has everyone's attention, he's as happy as a pig in shit.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

The GOP wanted the Tea Party energy and votes. Now it's stuck with the Tea Party "my way or the highway" obstructionism in its own party. I've tried to dig deep and feel sorry for them, but they made that crappy bed; it's time for them to lie in it.

And WTF goes on in Boehner's head? He can't control the Tea Party and he doesn't want them destroying his party... but then he goes ahead and keeps letting them push him around.

[redpanda13.livejournal.com]

This has some ideas about that:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/10/01/why-boehner-doesnt-just-ditch-the-right/