Posted on 10/02/2013 6:53:32 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Well, it happened, the deadline came and went and the government shut down. Oh, the horror! The lawlessness! The freedom! Daniel Greenfield and his crack news team at Sultan Knish report on no government scenes from across the country.
The United States of America (1787-2013) came to a swift and sudden end last night as the government shut down. The nation which had survived Pearl Harbor, the War of 1812 and Jimmy Carter ceased to exist.
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"The government shut down! We can do anything we like," shouted Sam Hasbley of Grassley, Iowa, while tearing the tag off a mattress despite an explicit warning label forbidding such a dangerous course of action. "Tear yours off. The government is shut down. It can't stop you."
Eyewitnesses spoke of further horrors. On a quiet street in suburban Massachusetts, a man brought out a set of highly illegal lawn darts. In Maryland, there were allegations that an entire family had begun digging ditches to collect rainwater runoff.
With the fall of the government, citizen activists took it upon themselves to chronicle the culture of lawlessness. Men played Gibson guitars made of wood imported from India, but not finished by Indian workers. Women bought cold medicine without a photo ID. Children went hours without hearing lectures about the environment.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The Greenfield article referenced by this one was posted here last night. I got a good chuckle out of it.
I’m not noticing any difference. Are you?
Are you MAD!?!?!
No more PANDA CAM!!!
VALLEY FORGE IS SHUT DOWN!!! I’ve lived here 27 years and never been to it, but I feel awful for the 12- 13 people who go there.
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