Surviving the Shutdown

Can America endure even a few days without the generous hand of the Federal government supporting us? Can we live without the Obama largess for a week or two? How can we trust aircraft in America's skies without a stalwart air traffic controller asleep at or near the radar station? Can we make it through a few days without a Federal airport screener nude scanning us and then patting us down while waving through the jaunty fellow in the keffiyeh merrily chanting "Allahu akbar" as he boards our flight with his one way ticket purchased with cash? We can not be certain till the dread event, but I think we might just make it.