On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 14:45:44 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote:

kilikini wrote:
Andy wrote:
Karen AKA Kajikit said...

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:41:33 -0400, George
wrote:

kuvasz guy wrote:
On Jul 9, 8:05 am, Andy q wrote:
Please try again later.

Andy

I didn't even notice....

..fred

All "non essential services" are shut down...

Why?


Karen,

Read all about it: http://tinyurl.com/2eezmk

Andy

Unreal. I didn't hear about it on the news today. Thanks for the
link, I think. :-(

kili

This sort of thing even happens on Maui. It's silly to get all bent out of
shape about it (not talking to you, Andy!). The Federal government shuts
down every couple of years as a matter of course because a budget isn't
approved. We still keep plodding along. Surprise!

Jill


not true. the last time was in 1995, due to that bonehead newt
gingrich, rumored to be in a snit because he was
snubbed by bill clinton on air force one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_shutdown_of_1995

Over the past ten years Congress and presidents have relied upon
continuing appropriations acts (also called continuing resolutions, or
CRs) more frequently. In 2002 none of the thirteen appropriations laws
were enacted before the beginning of FY2003. A government shutdown was
averted through the passage of continuing resolutions. Two
of the appropriations (P.L. 107-248 and P.L. 107-249) were signed into
law in October, but the remaining eleven did not become law until more
than four months of FY2003 had elapsed. On February 20, 2003,
President GeorgeW.Bush signed P.L.108-7, an omnibus
appropriation that included all eleven remaining appropriations.

http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:uBLNYdmXo30J:www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/crsreports/crsdocuments/98-844GOV11112003.pdf+federal+government+shutdowns&hl =en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us&client=firefox-a

....but, by all means continue to spout the right-wing line that the
federal government doesn't matter.

your pal,
blake