My government shutdown today. I hope this isn’t a shared experience for you visiting from around the world. The bickering that occurs at the highest offices is very petty. But they are representatives. Which implies that they are bickering on our behalf. To be honest, it doesn’t feel like an extension of myself or even my political standpoint is represented. It feels like watching my parents getting divorced again - minus the soul crushing hurt and disappointment - in that it’s a simple situation that has a simple solution but one or more of the involved parties are blowing the situation out of proportion.