Dirk, Stig, Nasty and Barry

The Rutles (parody of the Beatles) with Eric Idle, Neil Innes, Ricky Fataar, John Halsey

A True Republican Speaks ... feel free to copy and repost everywhere!

“Your purpose, then, plainly stated, is that you will destroy the Government, unless you be allowed to construe and enforce the Constitution as you please, on all points in dispute between you and us. You will rule or ruin in all events. This, plainly stated, is your language…

In that supposed event, you say, you will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, “Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!” …

Let us be diverted by none of those sophistical contrivances wherewith we are so industriously plied and belabored - contrivances such as groping for some middle ground between the right and the wrong…”
—
Abraham Lincoln (the first Republican President), in the “Cooper Union” speech, 1860.

There are no such thing as 'non-essential government employees'

not in the sense the Republicans are speaking of. It’s one thing to look where resources are allocated and make them run efficiently, it’s another thing to shut the doors and tell people to go home, and worse, tell them to WORK WITHOUT BEING PAID. That’s unfair, unethical, and unAmerican,

Another thought for the day

In other nations, people shut down the government when they’re denied rights. Here we shut down the government because PEOPLE ARE GETTING RIGHTS."—

Hari Kondabolu

bring your healthcare with you

even with cutbacks, it's better than ours.