'Nuff said.

See Nicholas Kristof's column in today's New York Times (here), explaining why Congress will still get paid if the federal government shuts down. 

Let me get this straight:  military personnel may not get paid on time (here) unless Congress passes a special bill to exempt them, but members of Congress--who have failed to do their jobs by reaching some sort of budget consensus--will get paid?

For shame, Congress.  For shame.