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Zach 0
QuoteQuoteEvery time there are budget cuts anywhere (federal, state, local, corporate, whatever), people always bitch and weep about their favorite ox getting gored. It's just the flip side of the same coin that gives us the "NIMBY" mentality. Suck it up, people.
Make it painful
Make it visible
Obama admin at work
Does most of the country know who the Golden Knights are, let alone care that they won't see them at the next (fill-in-the-blank) doing a demo?
Zach
beowulf 1
QuoteQuoteQuoteEvery time there are budget cuts anywhere (federal, state, local, corporate, whatever), people always bitch and weep about their favorite ox getting gored. It's just the flip side of the same coin that gives us the "NIMBY" mentality. Suck it up, people.
Make it painful
Make it visible
Obama admin at work
Does most of the country know who the Golden Knights are, let alone care that they won't see them at the next (fill-in-the-blank) doing a demo?
Zach
I doubt that the people who thought this up even consider how many people would notice. They just cut public facing things like this and the White House tours because they are public facing.
rushmc 18
QuoteQuoteQuoteEvery time there are budget cuts anywhere (federal, state, local, corporate, whatever), people always bitch and weep about their favorite ox getting gored. It's just the flip side of the same coin that gives us the "NIMBY" mentality. Suck it up, people.
Make it painful
Make it visible
Obama admin at work
I'm sure the White House has time to decide which part of which program to cut. Sure.
Just in case you missed it
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/5/email-tells-feds-make-sequester-painful-promised/
QuoteThe White House announced Tuesday that it is canceling tours of the president’s home for the foreseeable future as the sequester spending cuts begin to bite and the administration makes good on its warnings of painful decisions.
Announcement of the decision — made in an email from the White House Visitors Office — came hours after The Washington Times reported on another administration email that seemed to show at least one agency has been instructed to make sure the cuts are as painful as President Obama promised they would be.
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
sfzombie 3
rehmwa 2
QuoteThey just cut public facing things like this and the White House tours because they are public facing.
I think cutting the White House tours was an excellent opportunity for PR that was missed.
It's a clear example that low value added expenses are on the block, and that the little perks do, AND SHOULD, affect anybody and everybody. We're all in it together. Everyone of all status can take a tour, so this affects everybody equally.
(Unless of course, you are a famous celebrity hired to perform in person for the family - then you get in no problem)
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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants
Remster 24
Speaking of being a sheeple...
rushmc 18
QuoteDid you read the whole article?
Speaking of being a sheeple...
Ya I did
And you should stop being one
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
rehmwa 2
QuoteQuoteThe White House announced Tuesday that it is canceling tours of the president’s home for the foreseeable future as the sequester spending cuts begin to bite and the administration makes good on its warnings of painful decisions.
"PAINFUL"
the fact that people call not having "TOURS" as being "PAINFUL" and they say it with a straight face just shows that we have about 350Million spoiled rotten assholes that can't take what's needed to save the budget
Crap, next thing you know is people will have to buy their own cell phone....
OH, the humanity
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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants
rushmc 18
QuoteQuoteQuoteThe White House announced Tuesday that it is canceling tours of the president’s home for the foreseeable future as the sequester spending cuts begin to bite and the administration makes good on its warnings of painful decisions.
"PAINFUL"
the fact that people call not having "TOURS" as being "PAINFUL" and they say it with a straight face just shows that we have about 350Million spoiled rotten assholes that can't take what's needed to save the budget
Crap, next thing you know is people will have to buy their own cell phone....
OH, the humanity
WHat is painful for some (like the news story of the kids begging Obama not to stop the tours because of their planned trip) is not so much for others
The key here is the visability
For Obama it is all about the stroy line
Which is backfireing on him BTW
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
billvon 2,400
>the most in order to keep the public from allowing any more "spending cuts" to
>happen.
No one outside skydivers and a few airshow/event organizers will notice that private companies rather than the Knights are doing demos.
If you are going to cut something that is both absolutely unessential and low visibility, the Knights are a very good option. I mean, we're paying people to skydive to do demos and compete in national competitions? That's exactly the kind of "don't need it, can live without it, no one cares anyway" stuff we should be cutting - and is excellent evidence that the military really is cutting across the board.
rushmc 18
Quote>But, I think the Government is cutting budgets in areas where the public will notice it
>the most in order to keep the public from allowing any more "spending cuts" to
>happen.
No one outside skydivers and a few airshow/event organizers will notice that private companies rather than the Knights are doing demos.
If you are going to cut something that is both absolutely unessential and low visibility, the Knights are a very good option. I mean, we're paying people to skydive to do demos and compete in national competitions? That's exactly the kind of "don't need it, can live without it, no one cares anyway" stuff we should be cutting - and is excellent evidence that the military really is cutting across the board.
This cut makes for a great news bite to show the pain
That is all it is about
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
billvon 2,400
Show me one news outlet that reported it. Just one.
rushmc 18
Quote>This cut makes for a great news bite to show the pain
Show me one news outlet that reported it. Just one.
Someone found it or we would not be talking about it now would we
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
rushmc 18
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=active&sclient=psy-ab&q=sequester+cuts+gloden+knights&oq=sequester+cuts+gloden+knights&gs_l=hp.3...62.3156.1.3421.11.7.0.0.0.0.1531.3187.5-1j0j1j1.3.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.5.psy-ab.iASBD6U4iRE&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.aWc&fp=f637a8ca8170440&biw=1637&bih=864
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=9025568
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
rushmc 18
Even the huffington puffinton post has articles on it
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
I'm sure the White House has time to decide which part of which program to cut. Sure.
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