Shut down update

No end is in sight for the government shut down initiated when the Senate refused to vote on a House approved measure to fund the government and the wall.
Reports have surfaced that furlowed government workers are at risk of starvation. It is claimed that several showed up at a regional USDA office to apply for food stamps, but were unable to apply since the office was closed due to the impasse.
Surveys show that less than 20% of the U.S. population has noticed any change from the shut down. The truth is that while they are not coming in, most government workers are telecommuting, doing nothing from home rather than at the office.
In other news, Representative Steven King R-Iowa, has been removed from committee assignments over his recent remarks concerning racism, or more correctly white supremacy, white nationalism and  western civilization. Certainly supremacy, whether white, black, or any other should be looked upon as bad. That said, our Constitution enshrines certain freedoms, among them are freedom of speech, the right to say anything no matter how stupid unless it is a call to action as in calling on whites to lynch blacks, or blacks to kill whites; freedom of association in our freedom to assemble, such that klan rallies, black power marches, and other forms of protest are Constitutionally protected.
That freedom also allows us to counter protest the supremacists. Violence is another matter.
White nationalism? E pluribus unum, out of many, one, is our national motto. When I look around I can clearly see we are not a white nation. While my heritage says I am white, I am darker skinned than many Latinos. To call them white is to deny their heritage. They are native Americans just as much as Dennis Banks or any other Indian you might want to name.
We are also 13% black, and while both groups have seen a lot of watering down by cross breeding with whites, no one calls Barry Soetoro white... except maybe me.
The one that pisses me is people taking offense at "Western Civilization". It is western civilization that has made great nations. The notion of all men being created equal. Eastern civilization teaches the superiority of  their race. It was manifested in the cruel treatment afforded prisoners during WW2.
Western civilization was made great through the practice of Christianity. Now, as many of the European nations, and many Americans turn from GOD, we are learning what was mean when John Adams said "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
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