^{Brought to you by the GOP - Manufacturing artificial crises one at a time to rob you blind....again.}

Good Morning! Rise and Shine! Get that Cup O' Joe...
break out the O.J....hang out with the pooch...for it's time to check out the funny slams and bams of government shutdown and economic Armageddon.

Shutdown Not a Game Game

^{Cartoonist: R.J. Matson}

We Did Stop - SNL

^{Cartoonist: R.J. Matson}

Republican Doomsday Cult

^{Cartoonist: Mike Luckovich}

This just in, American Psychiatric Association is Deeply Concerned a Whopping 5% of Americans Approve of Congress:

With numerous members of Congress refusing to negotiate an end to the shutdown in the face of widespread federal furloughs and a looming deadline to avoid defaulting on government debt, we are extremely concerned for the mental health of those Americans who responded, ‘Yes, we think Congress is doing a good job.

Bipartisan Curious

^{Cartoonist: Mike Luckovich}

Gravity - SNL

^{Cartoonist: Walt Handelsman}

It's the Government Shutdown Show!

The Onion explains the debt ceiling and what it means to you.  An Excerpt:

What is the debt ceiling?

The debt ceiling is a specifically defined yet changeable clause in official federal legislation that ensures that our country becomes embroiled in maddening, childish theatrics every few months or years.

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