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maxalt		2013-04-06 11:59:13 AM

Obama is so full of shait I am surprised we don't see toilet paper stuck to his ear holes.

Popcorn Johnny		2013-04-06 12:17:25 PM

I'm starting to think the Republicans are right. Here we are well into the sequester and the stock market is soaring and life continues going on as normal.

Lionel Mandrake		2013-04-06 12:28:20 PM

Popcorn Johnny: I'm starting to think the Republicans are right.

When they say "The sequestration is horrible and it's all Obama's fault" or when they say "the sequestration is no big deal and we save some money"?

Pichu0102		2013-04-06 02:25:37 PM

MFAWG		2013-04-06 02:30:18 PM

Lionel Mandrake: Popcorn Johnny: I'm starting to think the Republicans are right.

When they say "The sequestration is horrible and it's all Obama's fault" or when they say "the sequestration is no big deal and we save some money"?

No. Yes. Maybe. For sure. Too soon to tell. Looks like the worst is over. The worst is yet to come. It will get better before it gets worse, It will get worse before it gets better,

Alphakronik		2013-04-06 02:43:28 PM

I'm going to need a citation on when Obama threatened to take air controllers off the job please.

HighOnCraic		2013-04-06 02:49:14 PM

You know who else . . . Wait, did I do that right?

ALC59		2013-04-06 02:53:09 PM

Obama got his job by bluffing

Tymast		2013-04-06 02:57:22 PM

it figures, unless you're a terrorist you have nothing to fear from him.

HighOnCraic		2013-04-06 02:57:55 PM

ALC59: Obama got his job by ~~bluffing~~ being lucky enough to get nominated right around the time W. had tarnished the GOP brand and facing two lackluster opponents.

Notabunny		2013-04-06 03:02:08 PM

Alphakronik: I'm going to need a citation on when Obama threatened to take air controllers off the job please.

It was the FAA that announced the closures, and the FAA that announced the delay of the closures. But, you know...

Reuters

Fox News

Alphakronik		2013-04-06 03:07:04 PM

Notabunny: Alphakronik: I'm going to need a citation on when Obama threatened to take air controllers off the job please.

It was the FAA that announced the closures, and the FAA that announced the delay of the closures. But, you know...

Reuters
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Fox News
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So a warning that if a deal isn't reached, it could affect seniors is the same thing as threatening to take air traffic controllers off the job?

Do you really see that as a rational comparison?

DarwiOdrade		2013-04-06 03:09:03 PM

Alphakronik: Notabunny: Alphakronik: I'm going to need a citation on when Obama threatened to take air controllers off the job please.

It was the FAA that announced the closures, and the FAA that announced the delay of the closures. But, you know...

Reuters
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Fox News
[img.photobucket.com image 450x414]

So a warning that if a deal isn't reached, it could affect seniors is the same thing as threatening to take air traffic controllers off the job?

Do you really see that as a rational comparison?

That's the joke.

Notabunny		2013-04-06 03:09:16 PM

Alphakronik		2013-04-06 03:10:06 PM

Notabunny: Alphakronik: Notabunny: Alphakronik: I'm going to need a citation on when Obama threatened to take air controllers off the job please.

It was the FAA that announced the closures, and the FAA that announced the delay of the closures. But, you know...

Reuters
[img.photobucket.com image 450x450]

Fox News
[img.photobucket.com image 450x414]

So a warning that if a deal isn't reached, it could affect seniors is the same thing as threatening to take air traffic controllers off the job?

Do you really see that as a rational comparison?

Do you really think that was the comparison I was making?

This being fark, I'm never sure.

Alphakronik		2013-04-06 03:10:42 PM

Alphakronik: Notabunny: Alphakronik: Notabunny: Alphakronik: I'm going to need a citation on when Obama threatened to take air controllers off the job please.

It was the FAA that announced the closures, and the FAA that announced the delay of the closures. But, you know...

Reuters
[img.photobucket.com image 450x450]

Fox News
[img.photobucket.com image 450x414]

So a warning that if a deal isn't reached, it could affect seniors is the same thing as threatening to take air traffic controllers off the job?

Do you really see that as a rational comparison?

Do you really think that was the comparison I was making?

This being fark, I'm never sure.

I mean, you have seen the posts of GaryPDX, right?

Notabunny		2013-04-06 03:14:23 PM

Alphakronik		2013-04-06 03:20:46 PM

Notabunny: Alphakronik: Notabunny: Alphakronik: Notabunny: Alphakronik: I'm going to need a citation on when Obama threatened to take air controllers off the job please.

It was the FAA that announced the closures, and the FAA that announced the delay of the closures. But, you know...

Reuters
[img.photobucket.com image 450x450]

Fox News
[img.photobucket.com image 450x414]

So a warning that if a deal isn't reached, it could affect seniors is the same thing as threatening to take air traffic controllers off the job?

Do you really see that as a rational comparison?

Do you really think that was the comparison I was making?

This being fark, I'm never sure.

Fair enough. I chalk it up to the limitations of written communication. You sould have heard teh snark in my voice when I typed that. It was pretty thick. I was pointing out that right-wingers intentionally misrepresent or distort things Obama says, or assign to him things he hasn't said, in order to cast him in a bad light.

Rereading the posts, I can finally understand the inflection you were thinking in your head.

Notabunny		2013-04-06 03:23:57 PM

Alphakronik: Notabunny: Alphakronik: Notabunny: Alphakronik: Notabunny: Alphakronik: I'm going to need a citation on when Obama threatened to take air controllers off the job please.

It was the FAA that announced the closures, and the FAA that announced the delay of the closures. But, you know...

Reuters
[img.photobucket.com image 450x450]

Fox News
[img.photobucket.com image 450x414]

So a warning that if a deal isn't reached, it could affect seniors is the same thing as threatening to take air traffic controllers off the job?

Do you really see that as a rational comparison?

Do you really think that was the comparison I was making?

This being fark, I'm never sure.

Fair enough. I chalk it up to the limitations of written communication. You sould have heard teh snark in my voice when I typed that. It was pretty thick. I was pointing out that right-wingers intentionally misrepresent or distort things Obama says, or assign to him things he hasn't said, in order to cast him in a bad light.

Rereading the posts, I can finally understand the inflection you were thinking in your head.

I've found beer helps. I often type in beerglish, and a nice stout or ale on the reader's side acts as a bablefish.

gravy chugging cretin.		2013-04-06 03:24:35 PM

MFAWG: Lionel Mandrake: Popcorn Johnny: I'm starting to think the Republicans are right.

When they say "The sequestration is horrible and it's all Obama's fault" or when they say "the sequestration is no big deal and we save some money"?

No. Yes. Maybe. For sure. Too soon to tell. Looks like the worst is over. The worst is yet to come. It will get better before it gets worse, It will get worse before it gets better,

I see light at the end of the tunnel
It's the train coming through

Alphakronik		2013-04-06 03:25:31 PM

Notabunny: Alphakronik: Notabunny: Alphakronik: Notabunny: Alphakronik: Notabunny: Alphakronik: I'm going to need a citation on when Obama threatened to take air controllers off the job please.

It was the FAA that announced the closures, and the FAA that announced the delay of the closures. But, you know...

Reuters
[img.photobucket.com image 450x450]

Fox News
[img.photobucket.com image 450x414]

So a warning that if a deal isn't reached, it could affect seniors is the same thing as threatening to take air traffic controllers off the job?

Do you really see that as a rational comparison?

Do you really think that was the comparison I was making?

This being fark, I'm never sure.

Fair enough. I chalk it up to the limitations of written communication. You sould have heard teh snark in my voice when I typed that. It was pretty thick. I was pointing out that right-wingers intentionally misrepresent or distort things Obama says, or assign to him things he hasn't said, in order to cast him in a bad light.

Rereading the posts, I can finally understand the inflection you were thinking in your head.

I've found beer helps. I often type in beerglish, and a nice stout or ale on the reader's side acts as a bablefish.

Well, the noon hour has just begun, I'm sure the bier will not be far behind.

jmcgeathy		2013-04-06 03:47:00 PM

Actually a lot of small airport towers are being shut down. My ex works at a flight school in Troutdale, OR and they are losing their tower. Think about that, student pilots without a tower.

Rapmaster2000		2013-04-06 03:50:32 PM

But what about the White House Tours!!

Cataholic		2013-04-06 04:25:06 PM

jmcgeathy: Actually a lot of small airport towers are being shut down. My ex works at a flight school in Troutdale, OR and they are losing their tower. Think about that, student pilots without a tower.

Flight schools already operate out of hundreds of uncontrolled airports in the US.

Don't Troll Me Bro!		2013-04-06 06:40:09 PM

Alphakronik: I mean, you have seen the posts of GaryPDX, right?

Not for some time now. The ignore feature is awesome! He's the internet dentist that came up with the statisticals and was ranting about going off-grid to live in a commune in the forest, if I remember correctly.

wildcardjack		2013-04-06 08:41:14 PM

I've been a Certified Tower Operator and I could give a quick set of pointers to a team from Motorola and IBM and we could ditch the control towers and centers. Just mainly need to get rid of the crap radios and build a server farm to chit the chat. I'd recommend keeping the VOR and other traditional ground based navigation aids in case the GPS satellites... Actually, those are mil-spec in higher orbits, I bet they'd handle a solar flare.

jmcgeathy: Actually a lot of small airport towers are being shut down. My ex works at a flight school in Troutdale, OR and they are losing their tower. Think about that, student pilots without a tower.

I was at the opposite extreme. We were learning ATC at an airport without any traffic.

netringer		2013-04-06 08:49:08 PM

Cataholic: jmcgeathy: Actually a lot of small airport towers are being shut down. My ex works at a flight school in Troutdale, OR and they are losing their tower. Think about that, student pilots without a tower.

Flight schools already operate out of hundreds of uncontrolled airports in the US.

Yeah. I had to get training just to get familiar with taking to a tower.

One thing, the AOPA CEO said the Senate had a plan keep the towers funded but the White House told them to drop it. Methinks teh adminstration wanted "the rich" to have some sequester pain, but if if there are aluminum showers the debris won'[t ask who who you voted for.

He said that the FAA was told there was no way the sequester would happen so not to plan for budget cuts ahead of the election. Then in the Spring the FAA was told to cut $600 million with only half of the current fiscal year left, so the cuts have to be twice as much per month remaining.