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Posted on 10/1/25 at 12:38 am to CXSteve
Steve, send me your email and SS number so I can start you a go fund me.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 1:14 am to HubbaBubba
Did Grok answer?
Posted on 10/1/25 at 3:00 am to MMauler
I voted for THIS! 
Posted on 10/1/25 at 3:10 am to CAD703X
quote:
GOVERNMENT IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED FOR BUSINESS
Good. Keep it closed and start running lean and axing some FedGov yobs¡
Is Steve the most ill informed poster on this board?
Posted on 10/1/25 at 3:11 am to BlueDogTiger
Trump needs to crank the pink slip machine. Pronto!
Posted on 10/1/25 at 3:40 am to CAD703X
I'm about to board a freight train, America ain't stopping.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 4:02 am to CAD703X
why are you screaming @ us ?
Posted on 10/1/25 at 4:52 am to geauxtigers
I just hope Congressional Republicans don't succumb to their nature and give in. Republicans were given a mandate in the 2024 Election. Democrats don't get to dictate terms when they are the ones out of power. They are used to being able to do that, but that has to end now.
Republicans should have a vote every day for the passing of the continuing resolution. That way it's on record the Democrats are the ones keeping Federal Government employees from getting a paycheck. That the "party of the people" could care less about people, only it's radical ideology.
This shut down needs to be long. And every Republican should be on the news saying "we are ready to continue funding the government and ensuring Federal Government employees get paid. But the Democrat shutdown ensures Federal Government employees aren't getting paid".
Also, outside of agencies still working like the TSA and State Department, Trump needs to change the policy regarding back pay for the shutdown. If you aren't essential and didn't work during the shutdown, you don't get any back pay. That would also change the game for future shutdowns.
But honestly, if I'm Republicans, I make this one long. I honestly would say keep it closed the rest of the year. Show the American people how bloated and unnecessary the vast majority of the U.S. Government is.
Republicans should have a vote every day for the passing of the continuing resolution. That way it's on record the Democrats are the ones keeping Federal Government employees from getting a paycheck. That the "party of the people" could care less about people, only it's radical ideology.
This shut down needs to be long. And every Republican should be on the news saying "we are ready to continue funding the government and ensuring Federal Government employees get paid. But the Democrat shutdown ensures Federal Government employees aren't getting paid".
Also, outside of agencies still working like the TSA and State Department, Trump needs to change the policy regarding back pay for the shutdown. If you aren't essential and didn't work during the shutdown, you don't get any back pay. That would also change the game for future shutdowns.
But honestly, if I'm Republicans, I make this one long. I honestly would say keep it closed the rest of the year. Show the American people how bloated and unnecessary the vast majority of the U.S. Government is.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 4:57 am to TigerSharkMan
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Republicans should have a vote every day for the passing of the continuing resolution.
This is silly. Break up the bills into bite-sized pieces. 80-20 stuff. Bring up a small bill and then make the Dems vote against that. If they vote to not fund the SBA, for example, then have Trump RIF everybody at SBA. Move onto the next agency. Do this with every agency that has non-essential personnel. If the other side wants to drag it into 2026, then the next round will have new reconciliation options that the party in power CAN fund with a simple majority.
This can be a victory if the party in power will take it. "One bite at a time."
Posted on 10/1/25 at 4:59 am to TigerSharkMan
Steel yourselves for the coming MSM made up stories.
Hold the line!!
At least for 10 days.
Hold the line!!
At least for 10 days.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:00 am to TigerSharkMan
quote:
Also, outside of agencies still working like the TSA and State Department, Trump needs to change the policy regarding back pay for the shutdown.
Just for the record, about 55% of federal employees are working during the shutdown and 45% are furloughed.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:13 am to CAD703X
Republicans don't know how to govern.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:23 am to ezride25
quote:
Dems hate America enough to shut it down for not kowtowing to their whims of funding a voting base full of illegals.
Who remembers when the Republicans shut it down from 2018 to 2019?
Pepperidge farm members.
BTW, Democrats' opposition stemmed from the Republican refusal to include an extension of enhanced health insurance tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, which were set to expire.
This post was edited on 10/1/25 at 5:28 am
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:26 am to CAD703X
I just set up an M60 behind my sandbagged front door to fight off the hordes of NEE Zonbies that will be out roaming for paychecks.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:29 am to Strannix
go to play with an m60 in college and I can't even describe how much that thing was to shoot. Sucked taking it apart and cleaning it though
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:30 am to CAD703X
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go to play with an m60 in college
Lucky bastard I have only seen them in movies
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:31 am to CAD703X
Won't even put a dent in traffic.
quote:
There were approximately 36,600 federal employees in the Houston metropolitan area as of August 2025, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. This figure represents a slight decrease from previous months, but it is a substantial workforce in the region.
Details
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Date: August 2025
Geographic Area: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (MSA)
Won't even put a dent in traffic.
Won't even put a dent in traffic
Number: Approximately 36.57 thousand (36,570)
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:36 am to Strannix
We played in the thorns at ft Polk and the other squad members who carried m16s also had to carry extra belts for me/ the m60 (blanks) since I had the m60 and it was heavier.
When we simulated a battle they would have to run over to me when I ran out and help me attach the belt
Not that easy when you're under "fire" and that thing would jam every free hundred rounds and I would have to put every ounce of my weight into racking it and ejecting the jammed round.
Good times. When it was running well the barrel would turn bright red after a full belt.
When we simulated a battle they would have to run over to me when I ran out and help me attach the belt
Not that easy when you're under "fire" and that thing would jam every free hundred rounds and I would have to put every ounce of my weight into racking it and ejecting the jammed round.
Good times. When it was running well the barrel would turn bright red after a full belt.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 5:44 am to LSUTANGERINE
quote:covid bullshite that should expire. also disingenuously ignores everything else chuckie is demanding. Dims want an extra trillion in spending. Feel free to list what is for. If you don't know i can help
extension of enhanced health insurance tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, which were set to expire.
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