The shutdown is worth it if only to delight in the spectacle of listening to Schumer and Pelosi decry the "waste of money" that Trump's wall will occasion.  Chuck and Nancy love wasting money.  It is what they do. President Trump has once again offended the town by using plain words.  He plans to "build" a "wall" and have Mexico "pay" for it.  Nobody in Washington understands this.  He should have said he wants to "invest" in "infrastructure" at the "international confluence of our common neighborhood and have our good friends to the South match funding at some future date."  Tax dollars (or borrowed foreign cash) would flow in the trillions. As it is, Trump is asking for a paltry $5 billion.  He can get many times that if he changes the semantics.  Some suggestions: The Wall as Solar Panel – Use the old...(Read Full Post)