The budget impasse has shut down the federal government. But it isn’t all bad.
Government Shutdown
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication, WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "The Stringer."
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The little neighbor dog that used to run in circles outside, chasing its tail, is sitting peacefully outside. What the heck? Maybe there is a silver lining to every cloud?
But, Ted, you’re forgetting that magnificent display of legislative bipartisanship in which Republican and Democratic legislators unanimously passed the Pay Our Military Act, a bill to guarantee the pay and allowances of members of the US military on active duty, which, of course, Mr Obama immediately signed (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/30/obama-military-pay-government-shutdown_n_4020224.html). So panes 2 and 5 are, alas, incorrect, and I strongly suspect pane 6 is as well….
Henri