The Good Ole USofA has sleep-walked through another Government Shutdown. As is Standing Operating Procedure with all Shutdowns all media outlets are required by law to point out all the “Victims” of the ongoing Shutdown while it is Going On.
The word “Victims” above was placed in quotes because it is a bit hazy as to whether they are, in fact, “Victims”. The only real inconvenience they have is they are subjected to a Cash Flow Problem because they are not receiving their pay checks but they will all get their missed pay checks as soon as the Shutdown is done being down.
I will now list some of the Cash Flow “Victims” for whom the Media demanded we feel sorry. As you read the list try and think about who is not on the list...
Ø The Military but we are told we should not feel too sorry for them because they are too busy to spend their pay checks anyway.
Ø The Non-Essential Bureaucrats all of whom were told to stay home. I always wonder, if they are Non-Essential, why do they have jobs at all.
Ø NASA Workers and this one was a real dilemma for Congress. A special committee had been set up which was trying to figure out a way to stop the Astronauts up in the International Space Station from working on an emergency Space-Walk Repair that was threatening to kill everyone on board.
OK, that’s enough examples of “Victims”. Did you come up with any group of “Victims” that were not on the list? By golly you hit the nail on the head! It’s the Members of Congress. Why did they not make the “Cash Flow Victims” List?
Could it be that they were protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990? Allow me to quote wording from the law itself... “An individual with a disability is a person who has a physical or mental impairment.” (I did the underlining of the word “mental”.)
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
