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MrsJoe 76F
17366 posts
1/20/2018 7:25 am

I voted yes. Actually, I don't see that it will directly affect me, at least a short one and Trump has tried to keep as much stuff open as possible. But it does affect the whole country, when it affects our military and other vital functions in our country. It also affects the perception of our country, and the morale.
Perhaps we need to just shut down the Congress as nonessential, and vote in a whole new group of men and women who will work together for the benefit of the country instead of trying to keep their power hold over other members who might want to help their own constituents.


Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.


1gasilverhead2 83M
4003 posts
1/20/2018 7:46 am

If America would wake up the main thing the shutdown would accomplish is get the incumberants out of office.

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starwomyn 70F
8871 posts
1/20/2018 1:01 pm

2013 (President Barack Obama): Oct. 1 to Oct. 17 - 16 days
1995-1996 (President Bill Clinton): December 5, 1995, to January 6, 1996, - 21 days
1995 (President Bill Clinton): Nov. 13 to 19 - 5 days

1990 (President George H.W. Bush): October 5 to 9 - 3 days
1987 (President Ronald Reagan): December 18 to December 20 - 1 day
1986 (President Ronald Reagan): October 16 to October 18 - 1 day
1984 (President Ronald Reagan): October 3 to October 5 - 1 day
1984 (President Ronald Reagan): September 30 to October 3 - 2 days
1983 (President Ronald Reagan): November 10 to November 14 - 3 days
1982 (President Ronald Reagan): December 17 to December 21 - 3 days
1982 (President Ronald Reagan): September 30 to October 2 - 1 day
1981 (President Ronald Reagan): November 20 to November 23 - 2 days
1979 (President Jimmy Carter): September 30 to October 12 - 11 days
1978 (President Jimmy Carter): September 30 to October 18 18 days
1977 (President Jimmy Carter): November 30 to December 9 - 8 days
1977 (President Jimmy Carter): October 31 to November 9 - 8 days
1977 (President Jimmy Carter): September 30 to October 13 - 12 days
1976 (President Gerald Ford): September 30 to October 11 - 10 days



Abracadabra


rainydayz 69F
145 posts
1/21/2018 5:39 pm

    Quoting starwomyn:
    2013 (President Barack Obama): Oct. 1 to Oct. 17 - 16 days
    1995-1996 (President Bill Clinton): December 5, 1995, to January 6, 1996, - 21 days
    1995 (President Bill Clinton): Nov. 13 to 19 - 5 days

    1990 (President George H.W. Bush): October 5 to 9 - 3 days
    1987 (President Ronald Reagan): December 18 to December 20 - 1 day
    1986 (President Ronald Reagan): October 16 to October 18 - 1 day
    1984 (President Ronald Reagan): October 3 to October 5 - 1 day
    1984 (President Ronald Reagan): September 30 to October 3 - 2 days
    1983 (President Ronald Reagan): November 10 to November 14 - 3 days
    1982 (President Ronald Reagan): December 17 to December 21 - 3 days
    1982 (President Ronald Reagan): September 30 to October 2 - 1 day
    1981 (President Ronald Reagan): November 20 to November 23 - 2 days
    1979 (President Jimmy Carter): September 30 to October 12 - 11 days
    1978 (President Jimmy Carter): September 30 to October 18 18 days
    1977 (President Jimmy Carter): November 30 to December 9 - 8 days
    1977 (President Jimmy Carter): October 31 to November 9 - 8 days
    1977 (President Jimmy Carter): September 30 to October 13 - 12 days
    1976 (President Gerald Ford): September 30 to October 11 - 10 days


I've been saying this for a few days. We have lived through them before and survived, and it isn't going to kill anyone. This shutdown is a farce anyway.

“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.”