Those GCers mature enough to remember “Saturday Night Live” from Way Back When may understand why my reaction to the following was ----
“isn't that special?'
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gover...ry?id=13327722
“In the case of a government shutdown, essential personnel who are kept on duty -- including troops in the field -- do not receive paychecks, but members of Congress do.”