This is wonderful. I have been paying even less attention to the news since this shut down. FINALLY, for once, I go to bed thinking it's all gloom and doom. Get up, get my coffee, log on and it's ENDED. Elated and yet I had to check several sites to make sure it was true. smfh

What has happened to America, that one person can toy with it like this? You're losing your democracy.

Oh that's good news for all those poor people. I doubt any Brits would go to work for free

I heard the head of the air traffic controllers speaking on the radio last night and he said it was just a question of time before somebody made a mistake because of the added stress of the shutdown. When air traffic controllers make mistakes, planes crash.