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A Scenic View of the White House 2019

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:28 am
by silverscreenselect
Making America great again, courtesy of Donald Trump:

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Re: A Scenic View of the White House 2019

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:55 am
by Bob Juch
There's a lot of trash on the other side of the fence too.

Re: A Scenic View of the White House 2019

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 11:03 am
by flockofseagulls104
silverscreenselect wrote:Making America great again, courtesy of Donald Trump:

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Well that does it! Now I see! My eyes are opened! I am so glad you decided to share this incontrovertible proof that Donald Trump should be not only impeached but tarred and feathered as well. How dare he dump trash on the streets of DC! It's all his fault!!!!!

Do you have nothing else better to do?

Re: A Scenic View of the White House 2019

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 11:21 am
by littlebeast13
silverscreenselect wrote:Making America great again, courtesy of Donald Trump:

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With all of the coffee cups and water bottles, it looks like the aftermath of an Earth Day rally....

lb13

Re: A Scenic View of the White House 2019

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:22 pm
by flockofseagulls104
littlebeast13 wrote:
silverscreenselect wrote:Making America great again, courtesy of Donald Trump:

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With all of the coffee cups and water bottles, it looks like the aftermath of an Earth Day rally....

lb13
I think since Washington DC is run and controlled by dems, your outrage is a bit misplaced. But, as we all know, it goes where the bat-phone tells you send it. Everything is trump's fault, and if you can't think of anyway to twist or contort logic to blame it on him, it's because of republicans. The only thing missing from your post, aSSShole, is a swipe at me. I renew my offer: Apologize to ME and my family for offending ME, and I will stop being rude to you. Happy New Year, or Groundhog Day, whichever you choose.

Re: A Scenic View of the White House 2019

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:49 pm
by silverscreenselect
flockofseagulls104 wrote: I think since Washington DC is run and controlled by dems, your outrage is a bit misplaced. But, as we all know, it goes where the bat-phone tells you send it.
No, this particular scenic view is on federal land under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service which now has no money to pay the federal employees who normally clean up this trash. And this scenario is playing out in federal lands all over the country.

And if I had to apologize to you every time you were ignorant, I'd be issuing apologies for your ignorance more often than Trump lies.

Re: A Scenic View of the White House 2019

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:37 pm
by Bob78164
silverscreenselect wrote:
flockofseagulls104 wrote: I think since Washington DC is run and controlled by dems, your outrage is a bit misplaced. But, as we all know, it goes where the bat-phone tells you send it.
No, this particular scenic view is on federal land under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service which now has no money to pay the federal employees who normally clean up this trash. And this scenario is playing out in federal lands all over the country.

And if I had to apologize to you every time you were ignorant, I'd be issuing apologies for your ignorance more often than Trump lies.
A whole bunch of national parks are closing in whole or in part for similar reasons. They're no longer sanitary because portable toilets are no longer being emptied. --Bob

Re: A Scenic View of the White House 2019

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 2:11 pm
by T_Bone0806
Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men has apparently reached its expiration date.

I guess you folks don't observe the Feast of the Epiphany :roll:

Re: A Scenic View of the White House 2019

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:26 pm
by Bob78164
T_Bone0806 wrote:Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men has apparently reached its expiration date.

I guess you folks don't observe the Feast of the Epiphany :roll:
This is going to start hitting close to home for some of us sooner rather than later. I think that at least snaxx and aj will miss paychecks if this doesn't get solved soon. I'm not sure about ear. --Bob

Re: A Scenic View of the White House 2019

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 6:47 am
by earendel
Bob78164 wrote:This is going to start hitting close to home for some of us sooner rather than later. I think that at least snaxx and aj will miss paychecks if this doesn't get solved soon. I'm not sure about ear. --Bob
I'm good. The Corps gets part of its funding through the Department of Defense, and the rest through the Energy & Water Appropriations Bill, both of which have been passed and signed.

Re: A Scenic View of the White House 2019

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 2:23 pm
by silverscreenselect
While a large number of federal employees are either (a) out of work and unpaid or (b) working and unpaid, it's good to know that our president is taking care of the most important of his employees. Mike Pence, cabinet secretaries and deputy secretaries, and other senior cabinet officials are getting $10,000 pay raises, because the provision of the funding act that freezes their salaries hasn't been renewed because no new law has gone into effect. So, tomorrow, Pence and the others will begin to reap the rewards of Donald Trump's largesse while the rest of the federal employees have to muddle along.

https://www.newsweek.com/government-shu ... ce-1279850

Re: A Scenic View of the White House 2019

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 2:52 pm
by Bob Juch
silverscreenselect wrote:While a large number of federal employees are either (a) out of work and unpaid or (b) working and unpaid, it's good to know that our president is taking care of the most important of his employees. Mike Pence, cabinet secretaries and deputy secretaries, and other senior cabinet officials are getting $10,000 pay raises, because the provision of the funding act that freezes their salaries hasn't been renewed because no new law has gone into effect. So, tomorrow, Pence and the others will begin to reap the rewards of Donald Trump's largesse while the rest of the federal employees have to muddle along.

https://www.newsweek.com/government-shu ... ce-1279850
Ah, trump says the shutdown could go on for months or years but he expects the landlords of those who are going without pay to be understanding.

Re: A Scenic View of the White House 2019

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:08 pm
by SportsFan68
Bob78164 wrote:
T_Bone0806 wrote:Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men has apparently reached its expiration date.

I guess you folks don't observe the Feast of the Epiphany :roll:
This is going to start hitting close to home for some of us sooner rather than later. I think that at least snaxx and aj will miss paychecks if this doesn't get solved soon. I'm not sure about ear. --Bob
I don't know about Snaxx and AJ, but a young friend (whose Mom I've mentioned here because of her wine-making skills) is short a mortgage payment. Mom can bail her out this month, but if this goes on longer than another month or so, she will have to find a temporary job, letting that employer know that she'll go back to her federal job with good benefits as soon as the furlough is over. She put herself through college as a bartender, so I'm sure she'll find something, even though the hours will be bad and there will be no benefits.

It's just very discouraging, imagining this young woman and hundreds of thousands of others out of a paycheck, trash and sewage piling up in national parks, and the bazillion other things we used to take for granted but can't anymore. :(

Re: A Scenic View of the White House 2019

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 1:16 am
by Bob78164
SportsFan68 wrote:
Bob78164 wrote:
T_Bone0806 wrote:Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men has apparently reached its expiration date.

I guess you folks don't observe the Feast of the Epiphany :roll:
This is going to start hitting close to home for some of us sooner rather than later. I think that at least snaxx and aj will miss paychecks if this doesn't get solved soon. I'm not sure about ear. --Bob
I don't know about Snaxx and AJ, but a young friend (whose Mom I've mentioned here because of her wine-making skills) is short a mortgage payment. Mom can bail her out this month, but if this goes on longer than another month or so, she will have to find a temporary job, letting that employer know that she'll go back to her federal job with good benefits as soon as the furlough is over. She put herself through college as a bartender, so I'm sure she'll find something, even though the hours will be bad and there will be no benefits.

It's just very discouraging, imagining this young woman and hundreds of thousands of others out of a paycheck, trash and sewage piling up in national parks, and the bazillion other things we used to take for granted but can't anymore. :(
Including tax refunds. Those aren’t happening either until Treasury gets funded. If this is what Donny means by so much winning, I think I’m already tired of it. —Bob