

Camelot One

MVM

join:2001-11-21

Greenwood, IN Camelot One MVM Let me just translate that for you..... "Now that Congress has stated all federal employees will be paid for the furlough time once the government starts back up, why the f*&k would we go to work while everyone else gets a paid vacation?"



RARPSL

join:1999-12-08

Suffern, NY RARPSL Member Re: Let me just translate that for you..... Anyone who voluntarily goes back to work should IMO earn overtime pay or extra vacation time until the furlough is over.



Camelot One

MVM

join:2001-11-21

Greenwood, IN Camelot One MVM Re: Let me just translate that for you..... Some positions have the option to voluntarily furlough, but no one in a position deemed furloughed has the option to work. It is against the law.



Insane

@comcast.net Insane to Camelot One

Anon to Camelot One

said by Camelot One: "Now that Congress has stated all federal employees will be paid for the furlough time once the government starts back up, why the f*&k would we go to work while everyone else gets a paid vacation?" Insane, isn't it? The House voted unanimously to give back pay to all those shutout. I guess they want those 800,000 to thank them for their paid vacation at election time.



buzz_4_20

join:2003-09-20

Biddeford, ME (Software) Sophos UTM Home Edition

Ruckus R310

buzz_4_20 Member WHAT!!! We can't afford to pay these people to work. But we can afford to pay them for not working?



I know it has to do with available money, and it's a crappy situation BUT... We're going to be paying for a large number of people to have a free vacation?



tshirt

Premium Member

join:2004-07-11

Snohomish, WA 1 recommendation tshirt Premium Member Re: WHAT!!! Tea Party logic, you expect it to make sense?

54761437 (banned)

join:2013-01-18

Durham, NC 54761437 (banned) Member Re: WHAT!!! Tea Party? Obummer is the one who won't make any concessions on the budget. Harry Reid says a piecemeal budget deal is against the law, ignoring the fact that he himself tried to pass a budget in 2007 that defunded the Iraq War (protip: hardly any Democrats went along with him in this).



It's political theater. You're being used. Stop drinking the Kool-Aid.

TBBroadband

join:2012-10-26

Fremont, OH TBBroadband to buzz_4_20

Member to buzz_4_20

It's not a matter of not being able to afford, its the fact that no budget is in place to say who gets what money. In the end everyone will still get paid, thus we can afford it as a country.



Mike

Mod

join:2000-09-17

Pittsburgh, PA Mike Mod Lying to congress Isn't that illegal?



Shouldn't he be in jail?



N3OGH

Yo Soy Col. "Bat" Guano

Premium Member

join:2003-11-11

Philly burbs N3OGH Premium Member Re: Lying to congress Silly citizen, only members of the great, unwashed proletariat are held to account for their illegal actions.



The rich, powerful & well connected get a pass for such shenanigans. Just ask Jon Corzine.....



CrazyFingers

join:2003-10-01

Columbia, MO CrazyFingers Member Do You Get It Yet? So, have you seen enough, or do you still need further examples?

They do not care what we as citizens think, say, or do. Our opinions are irrelevant. Our actions are mostly impotent. Those that aren't will be labeled terrorist activities and used as justification for indefinite detention.

This is America in 2013.



Deal with it.



Yes, I realize this comment goes in my NSA file.

clone (banned)

join:2000-12-11

Portage, IN 2 recommendations clone (banned) Member Re: Do You Get It Yet? All anyone on this message board (hell, in general) is concerned with is partisan politics. D blames R. R blames D. Everyone gets into heated arguments then goes back to watching Dancing with the Stars or Monday Night Football with a smug sense of accomplishment.



No one cares. All they know is what they've been programmed to parrot by their pundit squawk box of choice (CNN, MSN, FOX, RUSH). For Obamacare? You're a librul soshulist commie pinko. Against Obamacare? You're a rayciss Tea Party 1% fat white pig who wants brown people dead.



No one really has any idea the laws, the events, the players, the real ramifications of anything that happens, just that they hate the other guy, and arguing on message boards gives them a sense of self-importance. Truth be damned, I'm a (D/R) and I (hate/love) Obamacare and the shutdown is the (R/D) fault and they should all be jailed for terrorism.



That's the level of discourse we've sunk to. Enjoy the ride from here on out, it's going to be wild.



N3OGH

Yo Soy Col. "Bat" Guano

Premium Member

join:2003-11-11

Philly burbs N3OGH Premium Member Re: Do You Get It Yet? Pretty much sums it up. My cousin is programmed this way, and thinks that because I'm pro 2nd Amendment, I must be a bigoted asshole. I'm more "liberal" than she is on a lot of issues of the day.



I don't consider myself a Republican, a Democrat, a Liberal, or a Conservative. I'm a citizen who has my own viewpoint on every topic. When I hold a viewpoint, I take care to seek out what I feel is the opposing viewpoint in order to either change my views, or be in a better position to support them.



If someone disagrees with my viewpoint, I'm happy to have a friendly conversation with that person, so long as we both refrain from personal attacks.



There ARE a lot of people out there like that, they just don't make for good TV and radio. Or political theater for that matter.



Perhaps we'll be left to pick up the pieces after this crop of idiots (and that's the whole lot of them) leaves everything to fall apart.