will start in less than 35 hours, on Oct 1, 2013, as I alluded
a few weeks ago; Bill Kristol and Paul Krugman both agreed on
NBC TV, this morning. Cooperation seems out and a war in.

Have you been prepared for riding over this coming pains? This seems a good example for advantages of self-sufficiency, large or small.

Instead of wasting time and energy on corrupt and remote Korean politics which we have no control or inputs, wouldn't it make sense to pay more attentions on US, where we and our following
generations live? "Here and Now", as hippies used to say.
"발등의 불부터 끄자." "코앞에 있는..." Would someone finish this second one for me? I forgot the rest.
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washingtonpost.com today reports that this shutdown would potentially jeopardize more than 800,000 federal workers.
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The shutdown will start now in less than 15 hours.
washingtonpost.com today reports - Fuller projected that 60% of the area's(Washington D.C.) 377,000 federal workers would be deemed non-essential and would stay home.