Washington Monument Syndrome (or, 10 Things the Shutdown Spared)

[malkusm]

Yet, while much emphasis has been placed on the visible elements which have been shut down, quietly the bulk of the federal government runs on auto-pilot. The following is a partial list of things the federal government was not prevented from doing today, despite supposedly lacking the basic funds to run web servers.

http://oddsandmeans.blogspot.com/2013/10/washington-monument-syndrome-or-10.html

[UtahApocalypse]

Notice all the lights are still on at the D.C. area monuments

[pcgame]

+rep

[HOLLYWOOD]

Funny how C-SPAN in Washington DC was showing all the monuments being shut down, where it took 5 times as many government employees and police to barricade monuments and police enforcement. This is government's "Symbolic Bullshit Propaganda" of "Shutdown"


PS: I hope all these furloughed government workers are NOT paid one dime during this shutdown. No retroactive pay via another taxpayers bailout for unproductive leeches, via force...

[enhanced_deficit]

Some info amidst all the misinfo.. for a change.