As always, the Onion putting things into a perspective: "WASHINGTON—Following Congress’ inability to hammer out a last-minute budget agreement, the federal government earlier today entered into a partial shutdown under which the greatest country on the planet—that shining example to all other nations in the world—will be unable to keep the William H. Gross Stamp Gallery open, sources confirmed." theonion/articles/greatest-country-in-world-unable-to-keep-william-h,34065/
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 04:10:20 +0000