Folks, the only way to end the government shutdown is to shame John Boehner into giving it up.
You can’t call his office—their phones are overloaded and they simply let you dangle on hold forever. You can’t email them either for the same reason; their “inboxes” are all full, so any further messages just spill out unread into ether-limbo.
But you can hit him where it really hurts—send him a letter via the US Mail! Not only will every single last letter get delivered to him, if enough people take this approach it could provide a very embarrassing visual. Might even bring a blush of shame to his face, although a blush might be hard to detect under that tanning-spa leather. Plus, it would demonstrate the efficiency of yet another privilege Americans current enjoy that the GOP would love to strangle then privatize—the US Postal Service.
So here’s his address—
Speaker of the House John Boehner
1011 Longworth H.O.B.
Washington D.C. 20515
All it will cost is a 46-cent stamp, or a cheaper “forever” stamp if you were wise enough to stock up when they were first introduced. And the message need only be short and sweet: “Hey Boehn-head! Stop the shutdown!” A single line message looks the same as a forty page letter when it’s in a huge pile…
Imagine the boo-hoos the above scene would provoke…