The Republican Right Wing Extremist Tea Party continues to hold the US Government hostage.  Looking like this could go on a while.  Editorial cartoon of the day is provided below.  At this point you have to laugh…..

Now that we have laughed a little bit, on to more serious stuff.  Here’s the Huffington Post headline from this morning and my personal pick of shutdown article of the day.

This Quote Says Everything About

The GOP’s Shutdown Stand

House Republicans are continuing to play hardball in negotiations over the spending bill that precipitated the government shutdown on Oct. 1, apparently out of fear that compromise would weaken their power.

“We’re not going to be disrespected,” Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.) told The Washington Examiner. “We have to get something out of this. And I don’t know what that even is.”

The GOP spent much of Wednesday blaming President Barack Obama and the Democrats for the effects of the shutdown, which led to the furlough of 800,000 workers and the closure of numerous government services. They failed to mention that the spending bill didn’t pass because they loaded the bill with restrictions on the Affordable Care Act, a law that passed in 2010 and was found constitutional by the Supreme Court in June 2012.

In an effort to end the shutdown, Democrats are seeking the passage of a “clean” continuing resolution to fund the government while further negotiations on the budget take place. Most, if not all, Democrats would vote for it, and enough Republicans are publicly now on board to pass it.

At the time of this writing, however, such a vote is still being thwarted by the GOP leadership.