Fortunately, the only way you would see this happen in the US is if they shut down govt assistance, or tried to get BO elected for a 3rd term.
Otherwise people are just too fat and happy to get out of their recliner.
Can't imagine being in the midst of all that.
Some of those photos look like...
They were napping, and just kind of looked up at me when I went to take their picture.
I think the orange one looks pretty po'd that I woke him up. LOL
NASA astronaut Ron Garan took a picture from the international space station of a meteor burning up in earths atmosphere.
Very cool, at least to me!
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/perseid-meteor-shower-dazzles-skywatchers-1313251228-slideshow/#crsl=