They call it a "government shutdown" meaning when I went to a Library of Congress website, I got this message:
Due to the temporary shutdown of the federal government,
the Library of Congress is closed to the public and researchers beginning October 1, 2013 until further notice.
All public events are cancelled and web sites are inaccessible
except the legislative information sites THOMAS.gov and beta.
So does this mean the Pentagon is no longer refilling its aircraft carriers with BP? No, of course not.
The Pentagon runs with or without the Feds as it's controlled by the private sector which uses DC as a sham, to give people the illusion of a Federal democracy among some 48 states in North America.
When democracy shuts down, the occupations (e.g. of Hawaii, Okinawa... Afghanistan) and permanent base construction proceeds apace. Mostly just civilians are affected.
DC is telling the world it no longer needs or wants to be taken seriously as a center of governance.
We get it. That's been obvious for some time.
Washington DC has been in the process of de-legitimizing itself for quite awhile, starting aggressively with the Nixon Administration.
The question is: when DC starts up its sorry show again, will anyone care? Sure, many will. It takes awhile to lower expectations so completely.
Switching medical services to other circuits would seem to be in order. The MD community, doctors without borders, must be in high gear. Shall we appeal to the UN for disaster relief?
The rumor is whole departments are soon to disappear, FEMA among them -- or am I reading the wrong sources? We'll need more foreign aid and care packages than we're already getting.
Ever since the end of WW2 there's been a lot of cannibalization going on, as tax-funded research and development was privatized and spun off.
At some point, you go below critical mass and the whole thing just dies. There've been lots of rehearsals.
How about the US Post Office, who or what will replace that? We may not be able to take junk mail for granted anymore. But what about pay checks? Electronic transfers?
Do we need to designate a new capital city? How about LA?
When they turn the ignition key will it start up again? Under new management maybe. These clowns can't be trusted with the Library of Congress, that much is obvious.
