The LEAD story in the news right now is ...

... of course this ... a story about lawmakers:

One step closer to the brink

Gov't shutdown coming at midnight

The Democratic-led Senate rejects a proposal by the GOP-led House to derail Obamacare, sharply raising the chances of a government shutdown. FULL STORY

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DEJA VU? GOP crafts new ObamaCare delay after Senate snub

• AP
• Senate pulls page from Yogi Berra and sends House into 'deja vu all over again,' killing a GOP counter-proposal that would have delayed ObamaCare— and sending Boehner back to consider yet another proposal to stall implementation.
• Does gov't shut down at midnight?
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• Wall Street rolls eyes at DC dysfunction

There is a lot of serious analysis of the issue of a government shutdown, what is behind it, who is to blame, who will take the blame, etc.

You can find this analysis on news websites, newspapers, magazines, even blogs.

As for me, all I have to say is, "Sweet Jesus, when will these people ever grow up and do their jobs?"

Let's remember these people are paid more than one hundred thousand dollars to do this "work" and many of them are multimillionaires. All of them are adults.

Isn't it time they finally grow up and do the people's business?