Let me start by saying that I put this on the non sports forum as I don't feel this is a political subject.

I have two daughters, one married to an army officer, the other married to an air force sergeant. Both of these fine young men stand to lose their paychecks because of this current budget crisis. Not only that, but the commisary, which one of my daughters depend on while in germany along with the DOD school my grandchildren attend, are scheduled to be closed if either this budget, or a "stop-gap" resolution isn't passed. All this time, my sons-in-law will still proudly serve, not just because they are required to, but because of their sense of responsibility. Even though I do favor along the line of being conservative and do believe that we need to bring our budget under control, I don't believe we need to hold the lives of our servicemen and women in such a way as to reduce their morale even further. Afterall, what is going through the minds of the ones who are on the battlefield? They don't need to worry about if their family is being taken care of.

Just letting people out there know that the shut down will hit closer to home than the average person thinks. Let's all hope that congress gets its act together and passes a budget to keep paying our servicemen and women.

Last of all, I know that certain individuals will be jumping on here wanting to blame one group or another, please don't do that. It, in reality is all of congress's fault for this predicament.