The shut down thread

[VolStrom]

So it's been about a month now and I'm still able to drive, buy groceries, my lights are still on as is my water and sewer. I must be missing something here when 400,000 people aren't going to work and everything works just fine.

 

[Mick]

So it's been about a month now and I'm still able to drive, buy groceries, my lights are still on as is my water and sewer. I must be missing something here when 400,000 people aren't going to work and everything works just fine.

Glad everything is fine for you, meanwhile people are being raped and murdered by hoards of illegal immigrants crossing the border illegally. How do you sleep at night?

 

[volinbham]

So now Pelosi is telling Trump to cancel the SOTU address. She may delay it. Citing "security concerns".

Hooray for government squabbles and pettiness

 

[VolStrom]

Glad everything is fine for you, meanwhile people are being raped and murdered by hoards of illegal immigrants crossing the border illegally. How do you sleep at night?

Actually there are a bunch of Hispanics working down the street from my house building a house. Haven't heard one damn word of English any time I walk by there. I sleep well knowing that I can shoot any bastard that F's with me.

 

[Velo Vol]

Who with a basic grasp of economics would argue that halting a significant amount of government spending for several weeks would be catastrophic for GDP?

Not me, but it will shave 0.x% off 1Q GDP.

 

[Velo Vol]

So now Pelosi is telling Trump to cancel the SOTU address. She may delay it. Citing "security concerns".

Hooray for government squabbles and pettiness

 

[volinbham]

Whether or not we should have SOTUs is irrelevant to this particular move.

More political pettiness.

 

[Mick]

Whether or not we should have SOTUs is irrelevant to this particular move.

More political pettiness.

Like shutting down the government because you want a wall and an extra scoop of ice cream.

 

[volinbham]

Like shutting down the government because you want a wall and an extra scoop of ice cream.

I never said otherwise and I never mentioned one side or the other as being guilty of political pettiness. It's rampant.

 

[Septic]

Actually there are a bunch of Hispanics working down the street from my house building a house. Haven't heard one damn word of English any time I walk by there. I sleep well knowing that I can shoot any bastard that F's with me.

Are you saying there's a bunch of them down the street and they haven't moved on you yet? Hmm.

Something doesn't add up, as we all know - they're here to rape your job and take your wife.

 

[Mick]

Are you saying there's a bunch of them down the street and they haven't moved on you yet? Hmm.

Something doesn't add up, as we all know - they're here they're here to rape your job and take your wife.

They were trying to tell him that when he walked by.

 

[Septic]

Doesn't he give us his 4th-grade SoTU bullet points on his twitter feed daily?

Geezus, she's bailing him out of having to dance around a record-setting shutdown. He ought to be thanking her.

 

[Hunerwadel]

So it's been about a month now and I'm still able to drive, buy groceries, my lights are still on as is my water and sewer. I must be missing something here when 400,000 people aren't going to work and everything works just fine.

I'm glad it doesn't affect you or me. But it's not just 400,000 people, it's 400,000 families. Not to mention the people they own money to who aren't getting paid. I agree it's not huge problem for most of us but overall it's not a good thing.

 

[Velo Vol]

He ought to be thanking her.

The SOTU format really isn't his style, but you think he wants to miss out on the TV attention it garners?

 

[C-south]

I'm glad it doesn't affect you or me. But it's not just 400,000 people, it's 400,000 families. Not to mention the people they own money to who aren't getting paid. I agree it's not huge problem for most of us but overall it's not a good thing.

Since when do dims care about who their policies affect?

 

[volinbham]

The SOTU format really isn't his style, but you think he wants to miss out on the TV attention it garners?

Considering a bunch of Dems sat out the first one and those that attended looked pissed and didn't appear to support things most people do I can see likewise why she wants to avoid a repeat of last year.

 

[Hunerwadel]

Since when do dims care about who their policies affect?

But this is shutdown not a Democratic policy, just ask Trump. Oh, that's right. Schumer already did.

 

[Mick]

Considering a bunch of Dems sat out the first one and those that attended looked pissed and didn't appear to support things most people do I can see likewise why she wants to avoid a repeat of last year.

Liar.

Like what?

 

[Velo Vol]

Considering a bunch of Dems sat out the first one and those that attended looked pissed and didn't appear to support things most people do I can see likewise why she wants to avoid a repeat of last year.

There was nothing unique about last year's SOTU.

 

[NurseGoodVol]

I have no idea what you do. Just curious.

Critical care nurse "nursegoodvol"

 

[C-south]

But this is shutdown not a Democratic policy, just ask Trump. Oh, that's right. Schumer already did.

Their policies do the same things. It was also ok when they did it.

 

[hog88]

There was nothing unique about last year's SOTU.

Is there ever?

 

[Velo Vol]

Is there ever?

I doubt we'll ever see a president say this again.

 

[Velo Vol]

Critical care nurse "nursegoodvol"

I think my sister did that earlier in her career. She does recovery now.

 

[volinbham]

Liar.

Like what?

I'll have to go back and look it up but they sat stoned faced and didn't clap for things virtually everyone agrees with like good paying jobs etc. It was quite the show.