American politics is nothing short of depressing. The current state of affairs is thoroughly challenging my (normally) fearless optimism.

— Tina Roth Eisenberg (@swissmiss) October 16, 2013

Dear #Congress, please stop saying you are acting in our interest when we all know you're acting in your own interest #leaderstellthetruth

— Simon Sinek (@simonsinek) October 15, 2013

"Walt Whitman" managed to find some humor in the shutdown today and reminded me that "God" was putting out some pretty funny stuff when this started. I'm not totally sure that last post I've transcribed is humorous, though.

Two weeks into the shutdown, relying on the National Park Service to clean my historical outhouse is looking like a worse and worse deal.

— Walt Whitman (@TheWaltWhitman) October 15, 2013

I work in mysterious ways, but Congress doesn't work in pretty obvious ones.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) October 2, 2013

Conservatives, if you love Me stop dragging My name into politics because I don't want anything to do with that shit.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) October 1, 2013

America is now closed. We apologize for the inconvenience.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) October 1, 2013

Trivia question: What does GOP stand for? Answer: Nothing. The GOP stands for absolutely nothing.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) October 1, 2013

American government is of the people, by the people and for the people. Which begs the question: what is wrong with you people?

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) September 30, 2013

Arriving on Twitter moments apart, these two tweets pack quite a punch.