Indiana Jones Shuts down the Gov't?

Indiana Jones on the Bridge of Doom

Harrison Ford just outdoes himself with each movie with each scene--the daredevil finds his way out, doesn't he?  And it is always a way that we never expect.  He takes this machete and cuts the bridge down over the immense chasm below to free himself from those who surround him on both sides.  That's a new one alright--the only way out is down!  Of course, he and Shorty his pint size friend hold on and escape.

The threat to shut the government down reminds me of this tactic.  Just threaten to cut the whole dang thing and get out of the way.  Nothing matters but your personal principle.  Alot of folks will be tossed into the drink--painfully--over efforts to defund something already passed, but deemed as such a pariah by opponents.  Get out the machete and cut it down is the method!  I guess that is the only option we leave ourselves when we "cut ourselves off from others."  Play on words intended...each cut also cuts us.  Maybe John McCain got it correct when he told those in the opposition that if you want to get rid of a law, you win elections.  So go for it!  

  Once again we learn that when we insist on our way, we lose our way and those of others.   The machete can also be used to cut paths to others---to build a bridge so that we can walk over to the other side.  Thornton Wilder reminds us:  "There is a bridge between the land of the dead and living and the way across is love."