Government Shutdown = Act of Terror

DO NOT LET THIS GROUP OF REPUBLICANS HOLD US HOSTAGE - THE SHUTDOWN OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THREAT TO THE DEBT CEILING IS NO DIFFERENT THAN AN ACT OF TERRORISM DESIGNED TO INSTILL FEAR TO DISRUPT OUR PLURALISTIC WAY OF LIFE AND IMPOSE THEIR VALUES ON US ALL - DO NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH FUNDING ONLY WHAT THEY WANT - OUR GOVERNMENT EXISTS TO SERVE ALL OF THE PEOPLE, NOT JUST THEIR PEOPLE! WE DO NOT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS - WE GO AFTER THEIR SOURCE OF FUNDING AND ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS THAT LED TO THEIR RISE IN THE FIRST PLACE - THAT TAKES TIME THROUGH THE SERVICES OUR GOVERNMENT EXISTS TO PROVIDE: SUCH AS HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE; AND SECURITY (AT HOME AND ABROAD); WHICH WE NEED TO FUND NOW MORE THAN EVER. PLEASE CONTACT REP. WAXMAN AND SEN. BOXER AND SEN. FEINSTEIN TO NOT BACK DOWN: PASS THE BUDGET THE REPUBLICANS ASKED FOR AND GOT BEFORE THEY THEN FURTHER DEMANDED DE-FUNDING OF OBAMACARE;  INCREASE THE DEBT CEILING; AND GET ON WITH NEGOTIATING WITH THE REPUBLICANS THROUGH RESPONSIBLE AND APPROPRIATE GOVERNANCE, NOT IN RESPONSE TO THREATS!