Just Need to Whine a Little

GUNNERS MOM wrote:
Yes, I realize there are more critical issues at hand resulting from the potential government shutdown than my upcoming trip to Cataloochee to view the elk...HOWEVER, I did spent a good bit of time 6 months ago on the Reserve America website securing my "perfect" site AND, have been preparing for this adventure for several weeks. Since we are leaving the RV at home and electing to tent camp for this adventure due to the steep and winding entrance road to the campground (at the advise of several here on this site), I have also invested a ton of time and a good bit of money getting our tent camping gear in shape. Also, at the direction of many experienced tent campers, I have frozen block ice, prepared easy to re-heat frozen meals as well as a ton of general preparation now only to find out that our trip may in fact be cancelled due to this shutdown which by the way will cost our National Parks millions in revenue. And finally, when will we know if there is a shutdown? Well, we are scheduled to leave on Oct 1. Yes, I am annoyed! Oh well, thanks for letting me vent. There will always be another trip at another time if things don't come together for this trip.

Personally, I am with you 100%. This is about the most asinine excuse for government I have seen. It is one thing to threaten, cajole and eventually shut down the government over a significant issue. I don't like it, but at least during the last shutdown it was over concerns about the entire budget. Now the idiots have taken to threatening to shut down large segments of the economy over funding Planned Parenthood.
No matter what side you are on, that should be an up or down vote on THAT issue, not some cockamamie amendment to a continuing resolution to fund our entire government. The congress needs to grow a set of you know whats and vote on the issues directly. Parliamentary Procedure was developed and followed to prevent exactly what is happening today. Unrelated amendments to bills were to be restricted by rule. Now we fund dung beetle research on votes to extend benefits to Military Veterans. CYA is out of control and unfortunately for those who say "take it out at the ballot box" we are left with choices that make us sing those lines from the Who: "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss, we all got fooled again!"