Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Day 4 of no government

Don Surber
"The effects of the government shutdown have gone from bad to worse. Last night was eerily silent. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

"Facing starvation, people are getting desperate. Some people dreamed of snow falling today so they could have something to melt and drink." . . .




"Children hung stockings out in hopes that a strange benefactor would magically appear, and fill them with food.


"Others put some of their milk and pastry rations out on the table in the hope of attracting the food-bearing stranger. It was a gamble taken because of hunger.



"We went to bed early, but soon out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. I tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.



"When what to my wondering eyes did appear, but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer.



"I shouted from the window, "Get. Off. My. Lawn."



"But in a world without a federal government, people lose respect for private property rights. I think some of the reindeer left calling cards.



"This morning, I drove out. The streets were barren. All the shops and the restaurants were closed, even Tudor's.



"I was literally shaking.



"Everyone senses the anarchy that lurches like a troll on Twitter. The shutting down of the government has imperiled the nation like nothing before. This is worse than 9/11 or Pearl Harbor Day or Game 7 of the 1997 World Series.






"The news service quoted Gordon Gray, director of fiscal policy at American Action Forum, who said, "Museums are closed, so the government doesn’t sell freeze-dried ice cream."



"No museums! No freeze-dried ice cream!



"We are doomed."
https://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2018/12/20/162162

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