An important message - Not about cooking today.

This is an emergency and you can do something about it. Please read.
This was written by Del and everyone should read it, especially if you know anyone on VA, Social Security, or disability:

Next week the U.S. Congress will be on break.  When they return they will have only four days to extend the current budget.  Should they not make that extension the U.S. government will shut down.  Not to sound like an alarmist, but that means your grandparents, friends, military personnel (especially the Veterans Administration), fed. courts, and a host of others will not receive payments or benefits.
If your parent is on Soc. Security that means his or her monthly check won't arrive. If a child is on disability or you have a friend on Soc. Security disability that means they are in jeopardy during the shut down.  If cousin Joe is in the Navy, he won't get paid either.  It is highly questionable that your mail will be delivered.
Possible outcomes:
 1. Congress could delay the shut down for two weeks,  but that's just two weeks and the threat of the shut down starts all over again.
2. A shut down could occur and who knows when the start-up would begin.  Even so, that means days, weeks, months, until the monthly checks or benefits restart.
3.  U.S. Courts and Agencies (think of the Border Patrol and the Drug Enforcement Agency) will not operate until Congress approves the budget.  By the way, that means this year's budget.

Why am I sending you this?  First, this is not about Repubs or Demos. It isn't about complex politics.  This is about watching out for those individuals as mentioned above. 
Instead of saying "...this  is not about me", I would hope that you would take the time to write, email, or phone your U.S. Reps and U.S. Senators, now is not the time to be apathetic.   Okla.  U.S. Reps:
Dist. 1: John Sullivan
"       2: Dan Boren
"       3: Frank Lucan
"       4 : Tom Cole
"       5: James Lankford

 Okla. U.S. Senators:
James Inhofe
Tom Colburn