Government Shutdown

[habsheaven]

The quick version,
The rankings are based on accessibility, equity, and life expectancy (which takes homicide, tobacco, diet into the equation).
They take a whole lot of subjective items and twist them to fit. The bottom line, the ranking is based on fairness.
http://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/f.../pdf/bp101.pdf

Where are your ratings (done correctly as you would have it) showing the US ahead of Canada and France (because they are in the link)?

[tpeichel]

More from the Spitehouse.

http://marathonpundit.blogspot.com/2...ns-remove.html

It what looks like a spiteful move, the NPS even removed handles from water spigots along the Chesapeake and Ohio canal where bikers and joggers exercise as well as along the Great Allegheny Passage, just to ensure people don't get any water from them.

Instead of saving money, the NPS is expending additional resources to go out of its way to close such locations and to make people miserable.

There's really no scenario where this ends well for the NPS. First, several of their workers have lost their wages, workers are working without pay, and when the dust settles, heads will roll in subsequent investigations. The NPS is making itself unpopular with the American public, which is stewing for vengeance as the weather turns cold and bitter.

[centrehice]

I cannot believe that 21 people have already been arrested in Grand Canyon National Park. I read that they are being held without bail. A government shutdown is now treating people with simple $75.00 fines, as Murderers.

[tpeichel]

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/...esident-obama/

The Obama administration insisted Tuesday it had no choice but to withhold death benefits to relatives of 1st Lt. Jennifer Moreno, a 25-year-old soldier born and raised in San Diego, and four other soldiers killed since the partial government shutdown began Oct. 1.
This is ridiculous and perverse. President Barack Obama has used an expansive — and some legal scholars believe extreme — interpretation of his powers to unilaterally rewrite key provisions of the No Child Left Behind law, the sweeping 2002 measure that drastically reshaped federal education policies. In similar fashion, the president has unilaterally rewritten key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, his sweeping 2010 measure that is drastically reshaping federal public health policies. His administration has also essentially rewritten federal laws governing illegal immigration and penalties for drug possession.
Just this month, the federal government has authorized the spending of billions of dollars since the partial shutdown began without explicit congressional approval. . . . It is an appalling commentary on the president and his administration that they chose to bully the families of dead American soldiers for perceived political gain.
Shame on Barack Obama.

[tpeichel]