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White House Gets Green by Putting Federal Budget Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the won't-someone-think-of-the-trees dept.

coondoggie writes "Looking to save $1 million, 20 tons of paper, or close to 500 trees, the White House said today President Bush's 2009 Federal Budget will for the first time be posted online. The E-Budget will be available for downloading at the Office of Management and Budget Web site on Feb. 4. Typically the White House has paper-bombed congress and anyone else who wanted to read the budget with a tome which can reach 3,000 pages and weighed multiple pounds each."

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  1. The page uses browser exploits by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    To force anyone visiting it to print it out.

    1. Re:The page uses browser exploits by nospam007 · · Score: 4, Funny

      The only way the White House is going to get green with the current president is if they call the painters with lots of green paint.

    2. Re:The page uses browser exploits by |deity| · · Score: 3, Funny

      They could also quit writing budgets that require 3,000 pages.

      I'll give the government this, they have more imagination than me, I couldn't come up with 3000 pages of new ways to spend other people's money.

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    3. Re:The page uses browser exploits by Spleen · · Score: 2, Funny

      "I couldn't come up with 3000 pages of new ways to spend other people's money."

      You must not have a wife to help you with that. I couldn't do it alone..

  2. cash money by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    White House Gets Green by Putting Federal Budget Online

    Really? I thought they got green by taking it out of your paycheck?

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  3. Useful? Maybe not as much as you think... by Ambiguous+Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean it will actually be searchable in an efficient, reasonable manner? Or will it just be one giant black rectangle playing the part of a 3000-page redaction?

    -G

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    1. Re:Useful? Maybe not as much as you think... by yali · · Score: 5, Funny

      If the do the redactions their usual way, then the answers to both your questions will be "yes."

  4. Re:next debate question by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Would you as president maintain a blog?"

    Answer:"No I call the plumber to do all toilet repairs".

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  5. Re:Paperless is good by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    3000 pages??? Just printing the budget puts a nice dent in the budget, huh?

    Seriously. You know that trillion dollar deficit? Two words: Ink Cartridges.

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    The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
  6. Must be a short PDF... by themushroom · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...which simply says "70% military, 25% domestic defense, 4.99% other domestic concerns, 0.01% schools and education."

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  7. A true environmental hero! by dmcooper · · Score: 2, Funny

    I applaud the Bush Administration for taking a large step towards addressing global warming and putting action to words of hypocrites like Al Gore who burn up the skies in their fancy jets. This also means we can afford more bullets to kill A-rabs cha cha cha.

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