Wow....

Have you ever read an article that appears in a Right-leaning website? I saw a link to a story on the shut down of the government and I had to take a look. I really think there are a number of people who honestly believe that there are people in the White House who sit and think of ways to make conservatives life's miserable. That they actually will target cities, states, and specific people when it comes to government spending cuts.

Well this is the country the one's in power wanted...

A 'citizenship' of stupid people who can't reason or think in a logical manor. I use 'citizenship' to mean consumers, that is what they call the people of this country. We are not citizens, but consumers. Like cattle in a field. We think we are the ones doing the consuming but really we are the one who will be consumed in the end........

But back to the point, our government is controlled by a few very rich people who try to push and pull the country in their direction for their benefit. A large number of 'citizens' can not understand or are not willing to understand that they are being used as pawns. That they help destroy their own lives and futures, and their children's and grand children. It is sad to see this. I am sure people from outside just scratch their heads and wonder what the hell Americans are doing... America is supposed to be this great country, but they see how stupid people act and how incredibly dysfunctional the government is and they just wonder...

When I live in Europe people would ask me what Americans are thinking.. How could they be so stupid. How could they elect idiots and why do they allow so much crap to happen. I could never answer them, all I could say is that some people only think of themselves and all they care about is what they have and can get. "I don't want to pay taxes, but I want cheep food, good schools, good roads, cheep gas, cheep cars and all I can stuff down my throat..." As they say, "I want my cake, but I don't want to pay for it or get fat from eating all the cake.." This is the American mentality as a general rule. And this was created by our own government for the benefit of the corporations and the wealthy.

Really, this is true... The government doesn't want smart educated people. They want people who will react in a specific way. Tell them something and they respond in kind. It is a way to control the population and let them feel they are free. It is all an illusion, America was a dream that is no more. The congress shut the country down because one group doesn't want the other group to suceed at trying to bring health care cost down. The law really doesn't do much to bring the cost down, it make more people have to pay and lets the government off from having to pay for those who can't pay.

So what are our elected officals saying...

President Barack Obama labeled the shut down an "ideological crusade" by GOP lawmakers determined to gut his health care law. On Capitol Hill, House Republicans answered with a bid to restart a few favored slices of government, including national parks, while still demanding concessions on health care. With the Republican-controlled House and Democratic-controlled Senate at stalemate, it was unclear how long the shutdown would last, or whom the public would blame for unanswered phones and locked doors. "They've shut down the government over an ideological crusade to deny affordable health care to millions of Americans," Obama said in a Rose Garden speech, surrounded by people he said were dependent on the new health law.

On Capitol Hill, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., portrayed the situation as the fault of stubborn Democratic senators who refuse to consider the House's proposals for delaying "Obamacare." "None of us want to be in a shutdown," Cantor, R-Va., told reporters. "And we're here to say to the Senate Democrats, 'come and talk to us." House Republicans were trying a new strategy Tuesday, planning votes to reopen parts of the government. That includes opening parks and resuming speedier processing for claims for veterans benefits, and allowing the District of Columbia to collect garbage and pay for other city services with its own tax money. That was swiftly rejected by White House spokesman Jay Carney as "not a serious approach." Meanwhile, the health care law itself remained unaffected Tuesday as enrollment opened for millions of people shopping for medical insurance.

 

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., laid full blame on House Republicans, declaring, "The government is closed because of the irrationality of what's going on on the other side of the Capitol."

But Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas said GOP lawmakers were listening to constituents who want to "stop the runaway train called the federal government." Their message, he said, is "Stay strong."