According to Drudge, all of the beautiful people are bracing for the shutdown of government. They are not worried for themselves, of course. They will make money from this either peddling fake horror stories in the news or shaking down fellow rich people for cash. No, they are deeply concerned for the little people who depend on government. After all, without the beautiful people and the managerial class that runs their rackets, the rest of us will starve. That’s nowhere near true, but it is what most of these people think is true. Some are just sociopaths and can pretend to think this even though they don’t, but most probably do believe it. You never know, of course, but I suspect they believe it.

Reality is something different. Anyone living around DC knows the drill. Whenever we get severe weather, the alarm goes off for “unessential personnel” to remain home. The streets are empty and 90% of government is closed. The fact that 90% is deemed non-essential by the state itself has been a long running joke around here for decades. I think they finally stopped using the term and came up with some obscure codes to transmit the message. “Employees code blue or lower should work from home.” Government employees barely work when they are at the office so you know they are just fucking off when they home for a snow day. This way they don’t have to use leave time. There’s always an angle.

For those of us in the dreaded private sector, this nonsense is a non-event. If you live in or around the Imperial Capital, traffic is much better, but otherwise you notice nothing different. The lunch spots will be less crowded, but otherwise it is business as usual pulling the wagon. If you live out in the unimportant areas, that would be areas not DC, New York or LA, then it is just another day. It is why these things don’t last that long. At some level the beautiful people know we could get used to not having ten thousand deadbeats packed into building at the DoE or HUD. If the people ever truly think they can get along without the leviathan, then the game is up. By the end of the week President Dickhead, Hairy Reed and Speaker Crybaby will decide to play nice and everything will be worked out so they can go on the Sunday shows and bray about saving the country.

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