Barack Obama actually said...

At midnight last night for the first time in 17 years, the Republicans in Congress chose to shut down the federal government.

I am hereby notifying the Congress of my intent to designate Curaçao as a beneficiary country for the purposes of the CBERA and CBTPA.

Schedule 8 is effective January 1, 2014.

For now, decisions are upon us and we cannot afford to delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle or substitute spectacle for politic...