OT: Pennsylvania is CLOSED.

Andy said:

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Deliverance Day?

Sheldon Banjo

Andy q said:

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Andy

I didn't even notice....

...fred

kuvasz guy said:

Andy q said:

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Andy

I didn't even notice....

..fred

All "non essential services" are shut down...

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:41:33 -0400, George <[email hidden]>

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kuvasz guy said:

Andy q said:

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Andy

I didn't even notice....

..fred

All "non essential services" are shut down...

Why?

Karen AKA Kajikit said:

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:41:33 -0400, George <[email hidden]>

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kuvasz guy said:

On Jul 9, 8:05 am, Andy <q> wrote:
> Please try again later.

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> Andy

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I didn't even notice....

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..fred

Sarcasm intended....

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All "non essential services" are shut down...

Why?

The state budget wasn't passed. The irony is the shutdown of tourism
services in an area that depends so heavily on tourism....

...fred

Karen AKA Kajikit said...

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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:41:33 -0400, George <[email hidden]>

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kuvasz guy said:

On Jul 9, 8:05 am, Andy <q> wrote:
> Please try again later.
>
> Andy

I didn't even notice....

..fred

All "non essential services" are shut down...

Why?

Karen,

Read all about it: http://tinyurl.com/2eezmk

Andy

Sheldon said...

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Andy said:

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Deliverance Day?

Sheldon Banjo

YEPPER!

Andy

Andy said:

Karen AKA Kajikit said...

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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:41:33 -0400, George <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

kuvasz guy wrote:
> On Jul 9, 8:05 am, Andy <q> wrote:
>> Please try again later.
>>
>> Andy
>
> I didn't even notice....
>
> ..fred
>
All "non essential services" are shut down...

Why?

Karen,

Read all about it: http://tinyurl.com/2eezmk

Andy

Unreal. I didn't hear about it on the news today. Thanks for the link, I
think. :-(

kili

kilikini said...

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Andy said:

Karen AKA Kajikit said...

Quoted message said:

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:41:33 -0400, George <[email hidden]>
wrote:

> kuvasz guy wrote:
>> On Jul 9, 8:05 am, Andy <q> wrote:
>>> Please try again later.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>
>> I didn't even notice....
>>
>> ..fred
>>
> All "non essential services" are shut down...

Why?

Karen,

Read all about it: http://tinyurl.com/2eezmk

Andy

Unreal. I didn't hear about it on the news today. Thanks for the link,

I

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think. :-(

kili

Well, at least we can still buy booze at the state liquor stores, play the
PA lottery and play slots at the casinos (for now).

Another meltdown in Harrisburg, PA!!!

Pathetic!!!

Friggin' Gov. Rendell! Why I oughtta...

🙁((

Andy

One time on Usenet said:

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Andy

Well that sucks. DS & DH are headed to Lock Haven in a couple of
weeks...

--
Jani in WA

Little Malice said...

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One time on Usenet said:

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Andy

Well that sucks. DS & DH are headed to Lock Haven in a couple of
weeks...

Could be worse. They could be headed to Renovo! 😄

Andy

kilikini said:

Andy said:

Karen AKA Kajikit said...

Quoted message said:

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:41:33 -0400, George <[email hidden]>
wrote:

> kuvasz guy wrote:
>> On Jul 9, 8:05 am, Andy <q> wrote:
>>> Please try again later.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>
>> I didn't even notice....
>>
>> ..fred
>>
> All "non essential services" are shut down...

Why?

Karen,

Read all about it: http://tinyurl.com/2eezmk

Andy

Unreal. I didn't hear about it on the news today. Thanks for the
link, I think. :-(

kili

This sort of thing even happens on Maui. It's silly to get all bent out of
shape about it (not talking to you, Andy!). The Federal government shuts
down every couple of years as a matter of course because a budget isn't
approved. We still keep plodding along. Surprise!

Jill

Karen AKA Kajikit said:

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:41:33 -0400, George <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

kuvasz guy said:

On Jul 9, 8:05 am, Andy <q> wrote:
> Please try again later.
>
> Andy
I didn't even notice....

..fred

All "non essential services" are shut down...

Why?

The new budget goes into effect on July 1. All of the budget terms were
agreed upon but our governor wants to include a weasel tax on
electricity to go into some sort of alternative energy fund. The senate
won't agree because they rightfully see it as a tax. By weasel tax I
mean these taxes that are applied on things like phone/utility service.
Then do that because they don't want to increase income taxes so they
try to pull it out of your pocket in a sneaky fashion.

The reality is probably ever business (except Ford And GM) is working on
ideas for fuel efficiency improvements and other energy sources. We
certainly don't need another tax on electricity to be squandered for who
knows what.

The state is "closed" because until the budget is passed there is
technically no money to pay salaries etc.

In article <[email hidden]>,

jmcquown said:

This sort of thing even happens on Maui. It's silly to get all bent out of
shape about it (not talking to you, Andy!). The Federal government shuts
down every couple of years as a matter of course because a budget isn't
approved. We still keep plodding along. Surprise!

Last July, the state of New Jersey was shut down for one or two weeks
while Governor Corzine locked horns with the state legislators to hammer
out a new budget. In PA, the casinos got a court order to stay open, but
that strategy didn't work in NJ, so the casinos in Atlantic City had to
close because the state workers who monitor them for legal compliance
were all furloughed.

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 14:45:44 -0500, "jmcquown" <[email hidden]>

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kilikini said:

Andy said:

Karen AKA Kajikit said...

> On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:41:33 -0400, George <[email hidden]>
> wrote:
>
>> kuvasz guy wrote:
>>> On Jul 9, 8:05 am, Andy <q> wrote:
>>>> Please try again later.
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>>
>>> I didn't even notice....
>>>
>>> ..fred
>>>
>> All "non essential services" are shut down...
>
> Why?

Karen,

Read all about it: http://tinyurl.com/2eezmk

Andy

Unreal. I didn't hear about it on the news today. Thanks for the
link, I think. :-(

kili

This sort of thing even happens on Maui. It's silly to get all bent out of
shape about it (not talking to you, Andy!). The Federal government shuts
down every couple of years as a matter of course because a budget isn't
approved. We still keep plodding along. Surprise!

Jill

not true. the last time was in 1995, due to that bonehead newt
gingrich, rumored to be in a snit because he was
snubbed by bill clinton on air force one.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_shutdown_of_1995>

Over the past ten years Congress and presidents have relied upon
continuing appropriations acts (also called continuing resolutions, or
CRs) more frequently. In 2002 none of the thirteen appropriations laws
were enacted before the beginning of FY2003. A government shutdown was
averted through the passage of continuing resolutions. Two
of the appropriations (P.L. 107-248 and P.L. 107-249) were signed into
law in October, but the remaining eleven did not become law until more
than four months of FY2003 had elapsed. On February 20, 2003,
President GeorgeW.Bush signed P.L.108-7, an omnibus
appropriation that included all eleven remaining appropriations.

<http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:uBLNYdmXo30J:www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/crsreports/crsdocuments/98-844GOV11112003.pdf+federal+government+shutdowns&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us&client=firefox-a>

....but, by all means continue to spout the right-wing line that the
federal government doesn't matter.

your pal,
blake