ge best:
Thank God, d bill 'obamacare' is mark of
d beast, God must ve people.

olrotimi: Interesting to also knw that the US govt is like the typical naija swagstar, living rich on borrowed 'coins'. With an external debt of USD 16.7Trillion, the clock is ticking for another Legislative-Executive showdown this month over raising the debt ceilling. Y am i so loving this?

GH PATRIOT:

@CFCfan, that is why I like the parliamentary system of government. Even in advanced democracy like America the exucutive is beign held hostage by the opposition led chamber, imagine if that was to happen in any african country?

GH PATRIOT: @olrotimi, the problem with African leaders is that they praise mediocrity and have sychophants as advicers.

@CFCfan, that is why I like the parliamentary system of government. Even in advanced democracy like America the exucutive is beign held hostage by the opposition led chamber, imagine if that was to happen in any african country?

olrotimi: Interesting to also knw that the US govt is like the typical naija swagstar, living rich on borrowed 'coins'. With an external debt of USD 16.7Trillion, the clock is ticking for another Legislative-Executive showdown this month over raising the debt ceilling. Y am i so loving this?

solomon111: Actually the Nigerian govt is better in that regards.
Our national "debt" is not more than $12billion or so.

CFCfan:

That's why the ruling party in most African States always ensure that they are also the majority in parliament. In Nigeria, both houses of the National Assembly have always been dominated by the PDP for the past 14 years.

moshino:

What have you achieved with the NATIONAL DEBT you owe + all the OIL money since oil was discovered in Nigeria (which runs into trillions), what do you have to show for it? In the case of US, just go to the US embassy in Lagos/Abuja and all over the world, and see how people line up for visa from 2am, and ask yourself why everyone in the world wants to go to US, then you'll know what they did with their NATIONAL DEBT.

CFCfan:

That's why the ruling party in most African States always ensure that they are also the majority in parliament. In Nigeria, both houses of the National Assembly have always been dominated by the PDP for the past 14 years.

solomon111: well,you have a point.

olrotimi: I thought GEJ was the most uninspiring & uncharismatic leader today, now i know better. Som1 said appoval ratings of congress is 10%, my broda thats phantom. The american people put the hope and destiny of the nation on one man, the man who won elections not by pedigree but off the back of strong cliches.....they have been disappointed. Forget the government sponsored propaganda [ReubeAbati has done better] , bt if you want to know where the blame truly lies, wait till the novermber 2014 mid-term elections. After the media chat, we all castigated poor GEJ for shifting blame cos he is the president of Naijeriya, i think Obama has rili played the blame game far worse. Lets put it squarely, OBAMA FAILED THIS TIME

BekeeBuAgbara: That's the implication of having the opposition in charge of any of the the two chambers of congress. (Even though there is no difference between PDP controlled House of Rep and the opposition.)

I think the shutdown would affect only non-essential workers.

GH PATRIOT:

(1) Parliamentary system is the best, because government is formed out of the majority in parliament

lana_Vello:
the best...really? so where does check&balances come into play?

GH PATRIOT:
A Ku Klux Klan rally became a casualty of the U.S. government shutdown on Tuesday when National Parks officials told the white supremacist group the event would have to be canceled.
The KKK had been granted a permit for
what it dubbed a First Amendment
demonstration on Saturday at
Gettysburg National Military Park, but
park officials said it could not take place because all National Parks have been closed.
"Because of the federal government
shutdown, Gettysburg National Military
Park has rescinded all permits for special events, including the October 5 First Amendment demonstration," the park said in a statement.
Park officials had previously defended
the decision to allow the KKK event,
saying the group was entitled to the free speech protections afforded by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
"As custodians of land owned by the
American people, the National Park
Service has a responsibility to make the
land available for exercising those
rights," a statement from the parks said.
The KKK has long been associated with
hooded, white-robed night riders who
menaced blacks with cross burnings,
lynchings and other acts of violence.
The U.S. government shut down at
midnight when Congress was unable to
pass a budget for the new fiscal year
because of a standoff between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans over healthcare reform. The
shutdown has furloughed hundreds of
thousands of federal workers and closed government facilities across the nation.
(Reporting by Dave Warner; Editing by
Scott Malone and Andre Grenon)

biafranqueen: Wow your fast beat me too it
If this happened in 9ja the military would step in right away if you promise them pay or not.
They should tell the truth the dollar has been taking off the oil trade currency because of the massive debt, they are just sugar coating the real deal. Maybe soon people in Nigeria will be sending money to family in the USA and Nigeria will deny Americans Visa.

Find Out!:


Ok, I had to google up what 'furlough' means after I entered this thread. That doesnt sound nice. However, will essential services mannned by federal workers still be functional? Though i know the US is not like Nigeria where the government owns everything.

Travelista: Shutting down an economy because of healthcare seems evil (and it is, no matter how you slice it) but it may ultimately be an issue of self-preservation on the part of the politicians. Has anyone thought of one of the side affects of federally mandated healthcare being that voter registration skyrockets? Remember by law, government agencies must provide voter registration services. When was the last time you renewed your license, passport or filled out a government form that dealt with any service and WEREN'T offered the chance to register? Which could spell disaster for those that disenfranchise voters.

ge best: Thank God, d bill 'obamacare' is mark of d beast, God must ve people.

cap28:
alleluia! so you've awoken from your slumber at last!!!

dasparrow:

LOL

Cap28, how are you?

Of course him and many other Nigerians who swear up and down the place that America is heaven on earth are gradually waking up to the reality that America is a sinking ship. You think that people like me who left America after over 13 years of residing there and coming back to Nigeria to get NYSC things out of the way are crazy? The signs are on the wall that America is living in her past glory.When I saw the staggering number of Americans who lost their homes, cars, etc due to increasing unemployment, I knew I had to get ready for plan B. When I saw my age peers who are either US-born or naturalized US citizens packing their bags and heading towards their countries of origin, I knew something was wrong and that America was a ticking time bomb.

This is why I was telling Nairalanders on another thread that they should not get upset about Nigeria no longer qualifying for DV-lottery because the truth of the matter is that USA is not the country it used to be when compared to when I got there in the late 90s. Americans are finding it very difficult finding jobs nowadays much less a fresh-off-the-boat immigrant. This should be a wake up call for Nigerians who think that America is the be all, end all.