Ok, where would lessen the expansion?AZGrizFan wrote:Why do they have to cut? The simply had their budget INCREASE cut from 7% to 5%. Now suddenly they can't afford 150+ controllers?kalm wrote:
So where would you have them make there cuts?
This is a political move to make sequestration hurt as much as possible. This has nothing to do with budgets.
Via Ynet:
The United States has quietly unblocked almost $500 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority which had been frozen by Congress for months, a top US official said Friday.
The news that the funds had finally been freed up came after US President Barack Obama met top Israeli and Palestinian leaders in a landmark visit to Israel and the West Bank earlier this week.
“To date, we have moved $295.7 million in fiscal year 2012 money… and $200 million in fiscal year 2013 assistance,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters.
The Obama administration also notified Congress in late February that it was seeking a further $200 million to fund US Agency for International Development (USAID) programs for the Palestinians, she said. [...]
Congress froze the US administration’s requests for funds.
And Israel, which also strongly opposed the move, said it was suspending monthly transfers of the tax and tariff revenue it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the wake of the decision.
Pillow talk should be classified.grizzaholic wrote:You do understand that the bright light last night on the EC(b) WAS an Imperial Star Destroyer. It was an a1 model, the newer ones (b2a) use a cloaking device so when they leave the Earth they are not detected.DSUrocks07 wrote:This will all be so much easier when we get Imperial Star Destroyers.
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EDIT: I have heard this from a very reliable source.
As VP, Biden Has Been Flying To Delaware on the Weekends
Sunday, March 24, 2013 10:45:42 AM
White House Dossier ^ | 3/23/13 | Keith Koffler
Vice President Biden has been flying home to Wilmington, Delaware most weekends at enormous expense to taxpayers, even though he has an exclusive government-provided residence in Washington. Biden himself acknowledged the flights during recent remarks to the National Association of Attorneys General, noting that the sequester would force him to temporarily alter his expensive habit and use the train instead. According to reports, Biden generally uses Air Force Two to get to Wilmington. The cost of flying Air Force Two, a military version of the Boeing 757-200, amounts to about $8,800 per hour, according to the most recent federal data.
Via The Daily Mail:
New Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is considering a proposal from his top commanders to spend $195.7 million renovating Guantanamo Bay detention facility and erecting a new prison building.
See, this is thinking along the lines of that idiot-savant Navy PhD guy. Yeah, Air Force Two might cost $8,800/hour, but the vast majority of that cost is going to be incurred whether the plane is in the air or not. Plus, the pilots and crew have to remain proficient and get a certain # of hours in the cockpit each month anyways. I have no problem with Joe using the plane in this way. STOPPING doing so won't save us $8,800 per hour that much is a certainty.Bronco wrote:-
I thought he was a man of the people and took the train
Isn't a 757 a little over kill
Speaking of Boeing I read today they are about to lay off 2000 workers
As VP, Biden Has Been Flying To Delaware on the Weekends
Sunday, March 24, 2013 10:45:42 AM
White House Dossier ^ | 3/23/13 | Keith Koffler
Vice President Biden has been flying home to Wilmington, Delaware most weekends at enormous expense to taxpayers, even though he has an exclusive government-provided residence in Washington. Biden himself acknowledged the flights during recent remarks to the National Association of Attorneys General, noting that the sequester would force him to temporarily alter his expensive habit and use the train instead. According to reports, Biden generally uses Air Force Two to get to Wilmington. The cost of flying Air Force Two, a military version of the Boeing 757-200, amounts to about $8,800 per hour, according to the most recent federal data.
