If you are reading this and the U.S. Government has in fact shut down, it might be tempting to think that it’s morning in America again. Unfortunately, however, that indomitable and wickedly pernicious agent of Big Government and the Banksters –i.e., the Federal Reserve — will still be operating full-bore, about as vulnerable to hardball budget tactics as a rhino to a pea shooter.

As Rich Cash points out in the current forum discussion, there have been 17 previous attempts to shut down the government, each time turning out to have been a non-event. He further notes that stocks generally rose in the aftermath.  If you’re wondering how high they might rebound this time once the current shakedown has run its course, check out today’s DJIA tout.  For a humorous take on the whole, sordid mess, click here for Sultan Knish at his best.