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Workerbee Posts: 1398 Incept: 2009-03-18 * Winter is Coming *	Louie! Louie! LMFAO! ---------- Prepare for Our Valley Forge ~ Appeal to Heaven ~ ...that those "who having no appeal on earth to right them, they are left to the only remedy in such cases, an appeal to heaven." ~John Locke 2013-03-05 22:47:48 Permalink
Iou Posts: 1025 Incept: 2009-03-16 The Twilight Zone	Edit: It's about time they start to use the power of the purse. ---------- "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it."- Frédéric Bastiat Last modified: 2013-03-05 22:53:44 by iou 2013-03-05 22:50:11 Permalink
Kylafoon Posts: 2458 Incept: 2009-02-05 Zombie Portal Lookout	Golf Nazi.... ---------- "...But whenever we see things done wildly, but taken tamely, then the State is growing insane..." - Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1910 "I found a flaw in the model that I perceived is the critical functioning structure that defines how the world works." - Alan Greenspan, October 2008 2013-03-05 22:50:31 Permalink
Krs Posts: 686 Incept: 2009-05-07 Colleyville, Texas	Add vacations as well! Start acting like a company that is in trouble and needs to cut out all of the bs and fluff already!!!!! ---------- Fog, smoke, and mirrors... perhaps those tin-foil-hat wearing digital dickweeds were on to something? Tyler Durden on the Fed Feb 28, 2013 2013-03-05 23:01:55 Permalink
Publius Posts: 853 Incept: 2009-03-08 Greenville, SC.	I remember reading that way back when, and it may have been right before the Civil War, that the Senate threw a hissy fit when the president requested a personal secretary. Who does he think he is, they ranted, and some favored cutting his salary since he obviously wasn't doing anything since he claimed he needed a secretary. Things have changed a bit since then. But if they had balls, they just cut the WH staff down to nothing and make O have to do a few things for himself. 2013-03-05 23:05:43 Permalink
Ruaslave Posts: 108 Incept: 2012-06-30 Republic of Texas	Go Louis! That is my Congresscritter, by the way. ---------- Math is a Bitch and she don't care. - R.U.A. Slave My idea of non-partisanship is not that there are politicians who just have different ideas of what is best for the country. My non-partisanship is they are ALL crooks and liars. 2013-03-05 23:21:57 Permalink
Colk55 Posts: 2416 Incept: 2010-02-11 Indiana	I saw this on the news, I love it. He should have added "or to fly him around the country campaigning and rabble rousing". ---------- The politician's motto: If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull***. 2013-03-05 23:25:33 Permalink*
Noodleman Posts: 2389 Incept: 2008-11-01	And if he wants to play basketball they should make him supply his own jock, socks, t-shirt and shorts too. And close the gym down on the weekends. ---------- "Ammunition beats persuasion when you are looking for freedom." Will Rogers, 4 Nov 1879 - 15 Aug 1935 2013-03-05 23:43:33 Permalink
Mdporter Posts: 560 Incept: 2008-02-26 San Jose, CA	Quote: But if they had balls, they just cut the WH staff down to nothing and make O have to do a few things for himself. mr prez can drive himself around in his own car, and pay for his own airplane tickets. And, only two weeks paid vacation per year. If he wants to go somewhere with his family, his family pays. mr prez can either pay for the white house staff out of his own salary or fire them. That means his wife does the gardening, cooking, and cleaning. :) Let's see how she likes gardening if she has to do it herself. shock and awe budgeting should begin in the white house. Board it up and live in a tent outside instead, or sleep on the oval office couch. Needs to workout? Go running among the unwashed, or use the Congressional gym (more unwashed). When you have to pay for it yourself, suddenly the money priorities look ALOT different. 2013-03-06 00:52:32 Permalink
Grunwald Posts: 256 Incept: 2012-06-01 Seattle	I would be impressed if the news media would point out the hypocracy of the Obamas with regard to their vacations and the cost to the taxpayers whileat the same time demonizing the well to do and pointing to how this is the worst recession since the great depression. I have not researched it but I suspect that the Obama family vacations over the first 4 years cost more than all the GW Bush and Clinton vacations combined (both families for a combined time span of 16 years) 2013-03-06 02:06:49 Permalink
Movedtonz Posts: 951 Incept: 2008-03-09 Hawkes Bay	Grun, A little internet research will show some data regarding presidential holiday time. The same research will highlight the partisan style of commentary on the presidential vacationing. If it is a R pres, the D reporting demonizes the vacation, and vice versa. To date, it appears that Obama is a bit under the near-term average for vacation days while in office (an average that was skewed to the high side by W, and skewed lower by Clinton). I like this link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424.... One can discern a bit more via what is said by which media outlet if one pays attention. ---------- Americans need to stop claiming stupidity to get out of responsibility. -Tsk 2013-03-06 02:54:28 Permalink
Kamath Posts: 1539 Incept: 2009-04-04 Sweden	How about this proposal: 1 SEC. __. President Obama can't do any-**ing-thing at all 2 except be arrested and put under investigation for admittedly 3 supplying a faked birth certificate, and not being an NBC 4 anyway. ---------- "Yep - and that *er didn't want to light either. I had to soak it in gasoline for a full day before that rat bastard thing would combust." - Karl Denninger ""We could not be more ill served if we had some South American tribal witch doctor shaking monkey bones at us. " - Infidel 2013-03-06 03:21:16 Permalink*
Mannfm11 Posts: 3539 Incept: 2009-02-28 DFW, Tx	Seems to me Bush mainly went to his central Texas ranch, probably easy to defend Don't recall much golf. It probably costs a fortune to secure a golf course, especially if it is a different one every time. Seems Hillary was accused of taking a massively expensive trip with her liberal entorage. Seems I recall a fortune being spent to go to Hana Maui on the way back from somewhere. The Clintons claimed poverty going in and came out filthy rich, reminding me of some of the Presidents of Mexico. Remember, Hillary has only been Senator or Secretary of State since being first lady, so it isn't like she was involved in private enterprise. I recall Reagan got a fat fee to go to Japan and speak. Bill merely amped it up a little and probably gave a few hundred. Bill liked the golf course as well. Seems Ike started the golf thing on a grand scale with Presidents ---------- The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.---John Kenneth Galbraith 2013-03-06 05:31:38 Permalink
Chimichanga Posts: 526 Incept: 2011-03-16 Tokyo	Quote: Seems to me Bush mainly went to his central Texas ranch, probably easy to defend Don't recall much golf. If I recall the story correctly, W was on the golf course one day when he was informed of some soldiers dying in Iraq. He swore he would never golf again while in office, as long as the Iraq War was going on. 2013-03-06 05:47:45 Permalink
Azusgm Posts: 2399 Incept: 2010-12-02 East Texas	Sometimes Louie makes me proud. He's not perfect or smooth and he catches grief from the the papers in the congressional district, but he's a pretty good congressman. Link with video: http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/05/congre.... 2013-03-06 06:25:59 Permalink
Grashopa Posts: 2615 Incept: 2009-02-03	Quote: To date, it appears that Obama is a bit under the near-term average for vacation days while in office (an average that was skewed to the high side by W, and skewed lower by Clinton). He asked for dollars spent and you give him bull**** 'days'. Its not like we don't know how much money is being spent. ---------- Theft is evil 2013-03-06 07:28:31 Permalink
Crzymorse Posts: 1189 Incept: 2010-06-25 Maryland	Taft was the first prez to publicly play golf. I think Bush was in Crawford as much as he was in the white house. 2013-03-06 07:29:01 Permalink
Goforbroke Posts: 5340 Incept: 2007-11-30 Just call me 'Comrade'	To the Amendment I would add, Quote: ... nor pay for any lost [golf] balls ... ---------- We have met the enemy and it is us. -- Pogo 2013-03-06 07:40:27 Permalink
Cerich Posts: 608 Incept: 2008-12-17 ga	hell, throw in the parties and the spending gets beyond belief http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,5098.... http://www.thegatewaypundit.com http://www.wnd.com/2009/03/90945/ http://www.politico.com/news/stories/020.... It barely gets mentioned but we are talking millions per month being spent. 2013-03-06 08:03:29 Permalink
John_galt Posts: 305 Incept: 2013-02-14	This is great news! According to Fox News this was in response to the White House cancelling White House tours effective March 9th due to sequestration. Maybe both sides will get into a****ing contest and start cutting everything is site. "No tours? OK then No Golf!" "No Golf? OK then no National Parks!" "No Parks? OK then no EPA!" "No EPA? OK then no Post Office!" "No Post Office? OK then no school lunches!" "No School Lunches? OK then no Obama-Care!" etc. etc. etc. Last modified: 2013-03-06 08:44:09 by john_galt 2013-03-06 08:07:47 Permalink*
Azusgm Posts: 2399 Incept: 2010-12-02 East Texas	J_g, That would be beyond beautiful. More Louie here. BTW, the Houston Chronicle is not a great supporter of my congressman (but they are okay with Sheila Jackson Lee). http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2013/03/.... 2013-03-06 08:20:43 Permalink
Sir4dude Posts: 7 Incept: 2012-03-09 FL-NC Banned	5 Make the sequester as painful as promised. 2013-03-06 08:40:30 Permalink
Mortgageguymn Posts: 1563 Incept: 2009-03-09 North Coast	I don't know how the rest of you are weathering this apocalyptic sequester, but I've literally been getting pummelled by huge chunks of falling sky. Last modified: 2013-03-06 11:02:44 by mortgageguymn Reason: typo 2013-03-06 11:01:39 Permalink
Throxxofvron Posts: 10324 Incept: 2009-02-17 Hyper-Speculative Psycho-Facsistic Parabolic Blow-Off	Clinton 'skewed it lower alright, He was on vacation right at the Oval Office Desk ala Ms. Lewinski on a regular basis... Personally I didn't have a problem with him ***ing ugly interns as long as it didn't cost the Taxpayers and the ugly Cocksucking Intern didn't end up elevated as some kind of 'Czar' with power over Other People and a huge salary and bennies for having taken Bill on a ten minute Oval Office Vacation. ---------- DIONYSUS: " Thou hast no knowledge of the life thou art leading; thy very existence is now a mystery to thee. " -from 'The Bacchantes' By Euripides During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. -George Orwell 2013-03-06 11:03:00 Permalink*

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