Gov. Shutdown?

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The real enemy here is Canada. They have been secretly plotting against us for decades. They have sent us Nickelback, Justin Bieber, and Ted Cruz.

Honestly, I put a lot of the blame on John Boehner. He seemed more concerned about his speakership than getting a bill passed. There was one bill that was predicted to pass with bipartisan support in the House, but Boehner wouldn't let it come to a vote because it wouldn't get a majority of Republican support. Now that his back is up against the wall, he is being forced to compromise. At least before, he had the chance of keeping his speakership with the votes of moderate Republicans and Democrats. Now, he's ticked off everyone.

It's not really clear who is the minority. The Republicans are the majority in the House. Most people oppose the ACA (although, I've learned that most people don't even know what it really is). Now, most people are upset about the government shutdown even though a lot of those people also oppose ACA. They really don't think it's worth all of this. If you want to get technical, the real minority in this whole thing is the group of people who don't have health insurance.

I think a lot of this was dragged out because Boehner was trying to minimize damage to his own career. The man is inept and has been a failure as Speaker, and that's evident actually more to Republicans than Democrats (*he's been the gift that keeps on giving for the Dems). I suspect he'll still have a mutiny on his hands before long but what frightens me is he'll be replaced by some extremist. Incidentally he has also basically insured that Obamacare isn't going anywhere. I'll be thinking about him as my cost of insurance rises even further next year.