And I remain outraged, this time because some pentagon martyr apparently decides to say that the funding hold was concerning because the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ would be lost and revert to the taxpayers? Are you f@k%ng kidding me?
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And I remain outraged, this time because some pentagon martyr apparently decides to say that the funding hold was concerning because the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ would be lost and revert to the taxpayers? Are you f@k%ng kidding me?
"Back after 5 years. I thought you had died.
don"
Splitting my time between the montane and the mesas
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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Known as "use it or lose it"----common in most all government spending areas---however the money never reverts to the true source--the people.
In a former life, I always had crews available the last quarter of the fiscal year who could quickly "help" the Naval Air Station and Philadelphia Ship Yard meet their "spending goals".
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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So you are ok with it? Btw, this post was partly in response to your praise for bureaucrats. This is the kind of stupidity that is ruining America.
"Back after 5 years. I thought you had died.
don"
Splitting my time between the montane and the mesas
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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I didn't say what my position is---all I did was to share the "policy."
My judgement "brush" isn't as wide as yours. I refuse to condemn one and all for reasons they may have no control over.
With all due respect, the condemnation of all civil servants for no reason other than they are civil servants is at best unfair.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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Back when I was employed, my first elected official used to scrimp and save throughout the year trying to have some money to turn in at the end of the year thinking his display of fiscal responsibility would find him favor with the budget gods the following year. It never happened, we were lucky they didn't cut our budget since we didn't spend it all.
The next elected official scrimped and saved the first couple of years so that we could spend whatever excess funds we might have left at the end of the year on things we really needed but couldn't get budgeted for. That didn't win us any friends, either. Then, we learned the magic of government budgeting. Submit your budget request and take what they give you without too much of a fight. Do what you need to do during the year and if the budget runs over, who cares? The budget gods just added money to cover the overage at the end of the year.
Now, recognizing the old ways weren't working, the budget gods do a better job of providing what is needed up front. Even better, they allow the departments to carry over any savings into the next year(s) allowing the department to save for capital expenditures. It seems to be a better way.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
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I understand full well how federal programs work and will be happy to whip out my federal contracting dong to compare to yours. I also acknowledged that I crossed the line in my condemnation and may have even apologized.
But Im sorry, but if you don't understand the difference between some petty bureaucrat crying foul because the poor ukrainians money would be lost BACK to America and your local womens shelter losing its federal grant because the end of the fiscal year is coming, then you are a bridge to far on this topic. We have lots of stuff we agree on to argue about elsewhere.
"Back after 5 years. I thought you had died.
don"
Splitting my time between the montane and the mesas
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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Yes, the problem is not corruption in the White House - it's the corruption of others that matters - according to our Trump supporters.. Again, we end up in the same place as always.Originally Posted by wacojoe
Hunter
I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead
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No actually our Trump supporters as you refer to them and of which I am one have continued to say repeatedly that we prefer Trump with all of his personality disorders his warts and everything else to the socialist Ultra left-wing crap load the Democrats have as candidates for president. Those candidates my friend are your sides fault not ours.
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I with you!
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
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I don't stop in often, but was wondering what the huge discussion on the impeachment would be.
1. Why is Trump being impeached for something that happened in July, yet, Pelosi said they have been working on the impeachment for two and a half years?
2. With all the time and money spent on Mueller, how come not one thing from his report is involved in the impeachment proceedings?
3. If the House and Schiff are so concerned about having a fair discovery, why did they go to such great lengths to control any questions that might expose a lack of guilt by Trump? And, why did the Schiff hearings appear like they were four year olds playing Candyland, that whenever things weren’t going the way they wanted, they changed the rules?
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The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of communism is the sharing of misery. -Winston Churchill
If you think the United States is bad, think of another country that wants to put troops on the border to keep illegal aliens out, instead of walling in their citizenry
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Why? That's easy. This is nothing more than a political witch hunt. One that started before he even took office.
Stop by more often, we need someone to pay the bar tab.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
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Im not sure my credit limit is in the six figures. Besides, if Hunter can stop in, so can I.
If you don't make someone elses life better, what good is yours?
Weighty decisions are easy to make, when you aren't burdened by all the necessary information
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of communism is the sharing of misery. -Winston Churchill
If you think the United States is bad, think of another country that wants to put troops on the border to keep illegal aliens out, instead of walling in their citizenry
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Good to see you back again, Scooter.
Hunter
I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead
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