Take a trip back in time to the 1995 shutdown. Trust us -- it will help.

During the last government shutdown, some of us were 12 years old and wearing out our VHS of "Tommy Boy," that comic masterpiece about responsibility, duty and friendship. The disapproving public might think the 113th United States Congress is full of both Tommy Callahans (entitled oafs) and Richard Haydens (sniveling bean counters) but this is no time to discuss how "Tommy Boy" is an allegory for our legislature.