https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:21:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/govt-shutdown-impact-wwii-memorial#post-1127662 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 07:10:05 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1127662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SugarplumsMom: just the talk of us not paying our debt a few years ago triggered a drop in the US credit rating. What we do and how late we come around to doing these things impact us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/govt-shutdown-impact-wwii-memorial#post-1127557 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 03:28:19 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1127557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH read about the shut-down news a few days ago and thought it was super important, but on a global scale. He went on and on about how US bonds were more secure than gold because the US always paid off their debts (in this case the interest). If certain things were triggered this mid Oct and the US stops paying their debts to foreign countries (that have pretty much depended on that money), it could send a horrible domino effect.</p> <p>It's interesting how all of this is going to play out, nationally and internationally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/govt-shutdown-impact-wwii-memorial#post-1127551 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 03:16:12 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1127551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live in interesting times. If everyone would call or write their conservative house member asking for a clean bill, maybe we could apply enough pressure to make a difference. </p> <p>Also people could write to John Boehner and ask him to drop the Hastert rule in this case because their are enough votes in the house to pass the bill already, but he won't bring it up because he doesn't have the majority of the majority. <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastert_Rule" rel="nofollow">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastert_Rule</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/govt-shutdown-impact-wwii-memorial#post-1127539 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 01:49:56 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1127539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>RNC invites DNC to help pay for guards to keep WWII memorial open during Govt Shutdown. DNC responds saying send a clean spending bill.</p> <p><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/02/rnc-offers-to-pay-for-ww2-memorial-guards/" rel="nofollow">http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/02/rnc-offers-to-pay-for-ww2-memorial-guards/</a></p> <p>GOP is investigating why the WWII memorial and other national parks are affected by the "slimdown"</p> <p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/03/house-republicans-weigh-probe-monument-closures-amid-slimdown/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29" rel="nofollow">http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/03/house-republicans-weigh-probe-monument-closures-amid-slimdown/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29</a></p> <p>Umm, what did the GOP think would happen if you defund the government? Non-essential stuff gets closed first. </p>