Government Shutdown Looming

So, this is going to be a semi political blog. I do not want to start any fights and I am not taking sides (as far as republican v. democrat). So... cool it. 

Let me say, I don't care if you have a bumper sticker that says: 

Or this: 

The people I care about have these as stickers on their car: 

The fact that the government may be shutting on Monday night is simply disgusting. Why is it that congress cannot make their decisions and agreements in time to formalize a budget at the end of the fiscal year? It isn't a short amount of time to figure it out, it is a whole year! So, now if the government shuts down the people who did not do their job all year: 

will still get paid, will continue arguing, and will continue not making decisions. Where as the people who are working and sacrificing more then most of them ever had will go without getting paid: 

Now, I am aware that the military is supposed to be getting back pay whenever congress figures out how to their jobs, but some military families live paycheck to paycheck. These people who are in the military and those who work for the military as government contractors will not be paid yet are still expected to go to work. How many people want to really go to work and not get paid? *cricket* *cricket* Yeah... that's what I thought... 

So, some may be wondering what is my proposed solution... well, since we had such a short time to agree on a budget (just a measly 365 days), I think we should take a cue from the Roman Catholics:

This is a photo of the cardinals in conclave. For those of you who don't know about this... When a pope passes away the cardinals go into the vatican and enter conclave. They are secluded and in fact locked in and are not allowed to leave until they come to a decision. So, my solution is to lock all of congress into a room and don't let them leave until they come to a decision. 

DO YOUR STINKING JOB CONGRESS!!  

(Since they can't seem to do their job, maybe they are the ones who shouldn't be paid rather then the military... just a final thought!)