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The Onion explains what’s going on with the government shutdown

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A wise man once said that Democracy means that the people get the government they deserve.

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This was written by Iron Knee. Posted on Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 12:54 am. Filed under Humor. Tagged . Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

4 Comments

  1. Duckman wrote:

    “Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.” being the official quote

    Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 4:06 am | Permalink
  2. ayoubcocoo wrote:

    in my country it’s impossible that can happened because the congress haven’t that right to shut down the government

    Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 8:34 am | Permalink
  3. Anonymous wrote:

    In out country, our elected officials are too smart to shut down the government in a petty attempt to push their own agenda. Oh wait, I guess they aren’t.

    Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 9:07 am | Permalink
  4. Jonah wrote:

    Part of the solution to this mess is to fix gerrymandering.

    Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 6:01 pm | Permalink