KTNV.COM 4 Hours Ago Lake Mead property owners forced out until shutdown ends by  Jacqui Heinrich Las Vegas, NV (KTNV)  -- The government shutdown is being felt close to home for some locals. They say they're being forced out of private homes on Lake Mead because they sit on federal land. Joyce Spencer is 77-years-old and her husband Ralph is 80. They've been spending most of their time in the family ice cream store since going home isn't an option. The Spencers never expected to be forced out of their Lake Mead home, which they've owned since the 70s, but on Thursday, a park ranger said they had 24 hours to get out. "I had to go to town today and buy Ralph undershirts and jeans because I forgot his pants," Joyce Spencer told Action News. The Stewart's Point home sits on federal land, so even though the Spencers own their cabin outright, they're not allowed in until the government reopens. Park officials said property owners can visit only to retrieve

 WND.COM 2 Hours Ago Want Obamacare? Brave this insanity first by  Garth Kant WASHINGTON – What can Americans applying for Obamacare expect from the enrollment process? After two hours of attempts by WND to obtain cost estimates for the four different plans offered by the federal health exchange – platinum, gold, silver and bronze – the government offered to reply "sometime before Jan. 1, 2014." And because an applicant wouldn't want to apply to purchase a product without knowing what the cost would be, that meant there could be a three-month wait to even apply. A WND investigation revealed multitudes of hurdles, ranging from unknown cost estimates and repeated questioning to long waits and even a disconnected telephone call. As the first stage in applying for government health coverage, WND took to the phones and Internet to learn what a plan might cost one of its employees. In the effort to get a cost estimate, all the questions were answered truthfully, as is required

 DIRECTORBLUE.BLOGSPOT.COM 3 Hours Ago Listen Up, Republicans On The Sunday Shows: Here Are Your Damn Talking Points... Write 'em down on your hand if you need to: NEVER BEFORE have we had a president who refused to negotiate with Congress over spending. Not Carter, Reagan, Clinton or the Bushes... — Doug Ross (@directorblue)  October 5, 2013 NEVER BEFORE have we had a president who punishes the American people during a shutdown by closing open-air war memorials to veterans — Doug Ross (@directorblue)  October 5, 2013 NEVER BEFORE have we had a president who plainly states his opening negotiating position with Congress is that he WILL NOT NEGOTIATE — Doug Ross (@directorblue)  October 5, 2013 NEVER BEFORE have we had a president who refuses to fund government using regular order (specific appropriations) — Doug Ross (@directorblue)  October 5, 2013 NEVER BEFORE have we had a president who disdains the balance of power so much that he orders Congress around like a dictator — Doug Ro

 CAPITALISMINSTITUTE.ORG 2 Hours Ago Obama Keeps Military Golf Courses Open… Closes Military Grocery Stores Obama's military golf courses are open, even while the military bases shut down the grocery stores. What is Obama's response to the shutdown? He goes golfing, of course. Yes, this means that while the government is  taking on the vets , shutting down privately funded parks , and pointlessly  keeping the Grand Canyon closed , Obama is golfing on federal lands. Welcome to Obama's America, every bit as corrupt as Chicago could dream. It's sickening now on a level that Obama's approval rating is collapsing even among liberals. He's intentionally  hurting people as much as possible . From  Bloomberg News : Grocery stores on Army bases in the U.S. are closed. The golf course at Andrews Air Force base is open… The Andrews Air Force Base golf course is funded through user fees and that's why it remains open, said Air Force Captain Lindy Singleton, chief of pub

 REDSTATE 8 Hours Ago The Speaker's office is keeping score of #HarryReidsShutdown. by  Moe Lane By:  Moe Lane  ( Diary ) | October 5th, 2013 at 02:00 PM | RESIZE: AAA Every funding bill  that the House has passed and that the Senate has refused to even consider – which is to say all of them, except for the one funding the military. Basically, Harry Reid thinks that he can let a few kids with cancer die and still not worry about losing his Senate Majority Leader gig… but even his current caucus might balk at playing games with the troops at  that  level of sadistic indifference. It will, unfortunately, undoubtedly have to be updated. Via Want a list of all the bills the House has passed to fund government? Here you go  http://t.co/OCEPflUgV3 — Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter)  October 5, 2013 Moe Lane ( crosspost ) View Original Webpage The Speaker's office is keeping score of #HarryReidsShutdown. http://www.redstate.com/2013/10/05/harry-reid-shutdown-speaker-of-the-house/ J

 FREEPATRIOT.ORG 5 Hours Ago First ObamaCare Enrollee Did Not Enroll? Another Propaganda Tool The Free Patriot by  Allison Martinez Why was a 21 year old college student shopping for health insurance? After all, under ObamaCare, he can stay on his parent's insurance for free until he is 26. Did he enroll or didn't he? Is he real, fake, or part of the campaign? Was he used as propaganda? New theories abound now about the first ObamaCare Enrollee. On the opening day of ObamaCare, October 1, anyone who attempted to sign up was met with server crashes, delays, dead chat bots, busy phone lines, and even people who work for ObamaCare that didn't know how to use the software. By any stretch of the imagination was an Epic Fail. The Obama Administration's Original Tweet But amid the chaos, one person's boast stood out. It was Chad Henderson. He claimed he had signed up for Obamacare. The ObamaCare twitterfeed retweeted his tweet to the world as evidence that the program work

 WEASELZIPPERS.US 5 Hours Ago UNREAL : Obama Mega-Donor Bill Maher Mocks WWII Vets, "Nobody Said They Were The Brightest Generation" Maher needs to do humanity a favor and step into oncoming traffic. BILL MAHER : The other thing that apparently was so important for the Republicans to keep open was the World War II Memorial in Washington. That was closed, so a bunch of the World War II vets knocked down the barriers and stormed it. And then I loved this, they posed for pictures with Michele Bachmann who showed up. Michele Bachmann, one of the people most responsible for shutting the fucking thing down. They're the greatest generation – nobody said they were the brightest generation. View Original Webpage UNREAL : Obama Mega-Donor Bill Maher Mocks WWII Vets, "Nobody Said They Were The Brightest Generation" http://weaselzippers.us/2013/10/05/unreal-lib-obama-mega-donor-bill-maher-mocks-wwii-vets-nobody-said-they-were-the-brightest-generation/ John Hames