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neadodsI don't know if the car-ramming followed by a shooting outside of Congress will rattle the people inside out of their posturing or make it all worse.
In the meantime, pre-shutdown I heard more than one confident prediction that we'd be back at work by Monday. With Faux News claiming that there's no "real" impact on anyone and Sarah Palin calling it a "pinprick on the economy" (Stephen Colbert was brilliant about that), there doesn't seem to be much of an groundswell outside DC to deal with the issue. In fact, to blow it off.
Me, I've gone ahead and submitted this week's timesheet. It's mostly leave, some of which I do not yet have. Next week, I'll be shifting to leave without pay.
In the meantime, pre-shutdown I heard more than one confident prediction that we'd be back at work by Monday. With Faux News claiming that there's no "real" impact on anyone and Sarah Palin calling it a "pinprick on the economy" (Stephen Colbert was brilliant about that), there doesn't seem to be much of an groundswell outside DC to deal with the issue. In fact, to blow it off.
Me, I've gone ahead and submitted this week's timesheet. It's mostly leave, some of which I do not yet have. Next week, I'll be shifting to leave without pay.
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Date: 2013-10-03 08:09 pm (UTC)I've been seeing some magnificently caustic - and often frankly hilarious - commentary about the situation on Tumblr.
I think my fave thing, though, was a Tweet (I forget from whom, sadly) which said something like "The American Government was not shut down properly. Do you want to start again in safe mode with no guns and free healthcare. (Recommended.)"
I confess to crying with laughter over that one.
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Date: 2013-10-03 10:45 pm (UTC)In a way, I think I'm lucky that I used to be paid once a month. It was a hard adjustment, but once I made it, I actually resented going back to a biweekly paycheck. But it leaves me prepared to dole out my savings as required.
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Date: 2013-10-04 05:34 am (UTC)I'm still crossing my fingers that the idiots will get their heads out of their arses and sort the thing out instead of acting like idiots.
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Date: 2013-10-04 01:24 pm (UTC)I don't know what that means to me. I may have to go on unemployment... says the person who was doing brilliantly at her job.
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Date: 2013-10-04 03:38 pm (UTC)