We’ve written previously about how the so-called “shutdown” of the federal government is anything but …
The welfare and bureaucratic state obviously hasn’t missed a beat … and neither has the regulatory state, apparently.
According to Lawson Bader of Human Events, the Federal Register has been cranking out new mandates at a positively frenetic clip.
What’s the Federal Register, you ask? Officially it’s the “public record” – the “daily journal of the United States.” However Bader correctly describes it as “a tangible reminder government sees its primary role to tell individuals and businesses what, when and how to go about their lives and activities.”
And if you thought Uncle Sam’s ever-expanding list of rules was “shut down,” think again …
“During the shutdown last week, there were 113 final regulations published, making it the most prolific week of the year to date for the ‘dormant’ federal government,” Bader reports. “The Environmental Protection Agency alone issued 12 rules, and the Federal Aviation Administration issued 28 regulations. In the first two full days of the shutdown, theRegister added 1,149 pages and described 56 final rules–roughly double and triple the norm, respectively. The 2013 Federal Register is on pace for 79,971 pages, the third-longest edition since publication began in 1936. Only the 2010 and 2011 editions were longer.”
Amazing …
So while prison guards go unpaid, taxpayers have been busy subsidizing new regulations on Delaware drawbridges, an increase in federal taxes on Blueberry farmers and updated endangered species designations.
Because those are clearly “essential” government tasks …
But relax, America. The GOP is going to cave any minute now … which means all this pain will soon come to an end.
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Even if the GOP didn’t cave, what do you think they’d accomplish?
Seriously, a “shutdown” is when 17% of the government isn’t working, but will eventually get paid anyway, for doing nothing?
lol
“This is the end my friend, this is the end.”
So, let’s see:
-Most of government does not shut down.
-Congress approves legislation to make sure parts of the government that would be affected by a shutdown remain open during a shutdown.
-Lots of parts of the government that Republicans don’t like are not affected by the shutdown.
-Lots of parts that are affected by the shutdown are complained about by the right.
-Republicans are taking a beating in the polls, including getting the lowest approval rating that Gallup has seen, some polls even questioning if the GOP would retain the House if the elections were held today.
-None of Obamacare, the thing Republicans pushed us into a shutdown to stop, has halted under the shutdown. At this point, delay is no longer possible. Even most Republicans admit they have no ability whatsoever to defund it.
But Republicans should keep the government shut down until they get what they want, even if it means weeks or even months of this. Not only that, but a six week extension of the national debt is a “capitulation” on their part, so really they should also force us to slam into the debt ceiling too.
Well, you said the GOP should just die already. I’m pretty sure this will kill them off, all right.
Anything in the register was complete and in the hopper before the shutdown. This article shows you dont know how the process works at all.
But he read it on Human Events!
Anything in the register was complete and in the hopper before the shutdown. This article shows you dont know how the process works at all.
I wish I was a federal employee…I can’t imagine getting paid for not working…however, since I work in the medical field and we are in the process of nationalizing healthcare…I may soon experience paid vacation– a novel concept many of us in the private world can’t relate…took 3 days of vacay last year..all unpaid…Obamacare…is my ticket to federal sloth!
Stop voting republican dummy!
You have nothing to complain about, you live in a “right to work” state which means your employer can treat you as crappy as they want. You have republicans to thank for low wage, no benefit jobs, it’s what they all about.
You work your ass off, they profit.
Hostage-Takers Call Comparisons to Tea Party “Hurtful”
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — A group representing America’s hostage-takers today blasted President Obama for his repeated comparisons between them and the Tea Party Republicans, calling his remarks “degrading and hurtful.”
The complaint came from the National Alliance of Hostage-Takers and Blackmailers, a watchdog group that monitors negative images of extortionists in the media.
“As professional hostage-takers, we never take hostages unless we have a well-thought-out plan, realistic demands, and a clear exit strategy,” read the group’s official statement. “Any comparison between what we do and these inane Tea Party antics are derogatory and unacceptable.”
The statement continued, “For years, our members have been subjected to offensive Hollywood stereotypes of hostage-takers as crazed madmen, cackling evildoers, and worse. The President’s hurtful remarks only reinforce those negative images.”
Later in the day, White House press spokesman Jay Carney offered an apology to the group: “As you can imagine, in the heat of a crisis we often say things we don’t mean. The President regrets any hurt his remarks may have caused.”
Mr. Carney said that in order to avoid offending other groups in the future, the President would resist the temptation to call the Tea Party Republicans terrorists, lunatics, or babies.
Certainly hope this is the end. A default would be a disaster. All you have to do is look at Argentina (not Belen). That country defaulted in Dec.1991. Their currency lost 75% of it’s value, inflation soared pass 100% and most facilities were lost, most families lost more than half of their net worth in matter of few days.
@FitsNews You said twitter is the bomb, so i follow it. Then i gotta download 4squares to see some pic of a fight @Mrs_Laz says your gonna pick with @thestate. #ImSickOfApps
#PickAFrackingApp. #FrackTwitface
Sorry. I can program it. I just can’t use the dang stuff.
Here we go folks, and Folks (LOL). Obutthead has just shut down the gubmint indefinitely as reported by what I read. I’m sure the MSM has or will pick up on it. The commies will be out in force heckling the sane soon enough.
My recommendation. Max out your credit cards, they won’t be worth crop soon. I would suggest rice and beans. 40# salt block (easier to store than a thousand cans of prepared salt. It will also give you something to do over the coming months chipping it into grains), if you can afford it buy a metal smoker. If you can’t and you have land, start building a smoke house. Flour for bread. As big a box as you can find that will seal air tight for storing dry goods. Humidities a booger in the south. Gotta keep that flour dry.
Most of your appliances will stop working soon enough when the unions start striking over Obutthead care en masse. Better eat that cold food first.
Pine needles are an excellent source of Vitamin C for scurvy. Just be sure to make the tea correctly.
Good Luck to all. See you on the other side.
Chicken Little