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That budget is tight!
The staff have received some feedback. We've heard that some of our readers are having some trouble distinguishing our writing from the inane shit we often quote. Although this saddens us, we will now make at attempt to better delineate between the text we compose and the stuff we quote. We're going to try italics for our quotes and normal for our stuff.
OK, so back to the title of our post:
Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday the budget going to Congress this week was not prepared with a "meat ax," but that the administration found roughly 150 federal programs it believed can be cut or eliminated.
"We are being tight," Cheney said. "This is the tightest budget that has been submitted since we got here."
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The budget seeks savings from about 150 programs, including Amtrak, environmental protection, American Indian schools, farmers' subsidies and Medicaid, the federal-state health program for the poor and disabled.
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"It's not something we've done with a meat ax, nor are we suddenly turning our back on the most needy people in our society," Cheney told "Fox News Sunday."
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Well, we were a bit worried about the budget cuts, but now that the Vice President has assured us he did not use "a meat axe" and that they are not turning their backs on "the most needy people in our societ" we are all for it. If we can't trust the Vice President, who can we trust?
If American Indians are not among the neediest in our society, who exactly qualifies?
Amtrak? Budget cuts? People need to decide whether or not they want a train system. If they do, we need to make it a good system. If they don't want one, then just stop spending money on it. An informal littleboxes staff poll put support for dramtically increasing the funding of Amtrak at 67%.
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P.S.: We get few comments here from people who aren't staff members. We got a few the other day. This made 90% of us happy, although Susan thinks we are dangerously close to selling out. We added a link to one of our comment makers.
Here's a nice post about Rasheed Wallace's love for our Prez. We should note that economisttobe also took note of Rasheed's strong feelings.
OK, so back to the title of our post:
Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday the budget going to Congress this week was not prepared with a "meat ax," but that the administration found roughly 150 federal programs it believed can be cut or eliminated.
"We are being tight," Cheney said. "This is the tightest budget that has been submitted since we got here."
--snip--
The budget seeks savings from about 150 programs, including Amtrak, environmental protection, American Indian schools, farmers' subsidies and Medicaid, the federal-state health program for the poor and disabled.
--snip--
"It's not something we've done with a meat ax, nor are we suddenly turning our back on the most needy people in our society," Cheney told "Fox News Sunday."
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Well, we were a bit worried about the budget cuts, but now that the Vice President has assured us he did not use "a meat axe" and that they are not turning their backs on "the most needy people in our societ" we are all for it. If we can't trust the Vice President, who can we trust?
If American Indians are not among the neediest in our society, who exactly qualifies?
Amtrak? Budget cuts? People need to decide whether or not they want a train system. If they do, we need to make it a good system. If they don't want one, then just stop spending money on it. An informal littleboxes staff poll put support for dramtically increasing the funding of Amtrak at 67%.
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P.S.: We get few comments here from people who aren't staff members. We got a few the other day. This made 90% of us happy, although Susan thinks we are dangerously close to selling out. We added a link to one of our comment makers.
Here's a nice post about Rasheed Wallace's love for our Prez. We should note that economisttobe also took note of Rasheed's strong feelings.
posted by littleboxes at 1:56 PM
2 Comments:
dick cheney has very tight buttocks. but because he is hung like a russian plow horse, there is something to grab onto down there.
I'm confused, is that tight like a James Brown beat, or is that tight like a drunk Ernest Hemingway? Because I'm thinking the latter. I think the federal budget has had one too many absinthes...
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