I won't go down with this ship And I won't put my hands up and surrender There will be no white flag above my lawyer I'm in court and always will be...
So...what's your estimate for a sign that's readable in daytime and nighttime conditions, and resiliant to rain, snow, and pollution over a period of 10+ years along with installation over an intersection that you likely can't shut down even at 3am?
I'm not arguing it can't be cut either, but saying that cutting Education, implimenting a pay freeze, eliminating earmarks and other things like it will be the saviours of the budget is to ignore the bigger picture.
(By the way, most of the Education budget is given back to the country in the form of Pell Grants. The more you know?)
If you look at the budget allocations, four programs get around 70% ($2,500 billion in 2010): Defense, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
That means every other department fights over the rest (which in 2010 totalled $1,000 billion). Education, Health and Human Services (FDA/CDC), Commerce (NOAA), Interior, Homeland Security (note: not part of Defense, and this includes Border Patrol and Customs), State Dept, NASA, Energy, Transportation, Justice, all have to divy up the remaining 30%.
Incidentally, the US brought in $2,500 billion in. So we can either cut everything the government does except social programs and Defense, or we can realize that the entitlement programs and multi-billion fighter jet contracts are tightning the belt on everything else that we actually do depend on the gov't to do. (Or maybe you'd just like us to close Supermax?)
People have no qualms whining about the $50 billion the Department of Education is budgeted. But dare to say the $650 billion Department of Defence budget could get cut a little, you're suddenly weakening the country, giving in to the terrorists and a very very bad man.
Cutting $50 billion out of a $1,000 billion deficit is peanuts, though.
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Cruise ship flare sizes are getting out of hand...
When those two are involved, 'rocket' and 'water heater' are interchangable.
They don't like it when non-military personel (like Steve Buscemi) ride weapons though.
I miss Crystal Pepsi...
However, I know people who pay NO TAX at all
Really? They're exempt from sales taxes, state taxes and gas taxes?! Incredible!
In other words, Microsoft overdid it. They just wanted to vendor lock-in not the version lock-in. And they are having a hard time recovering from it.
MONKEY PAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!!
Not pony; moose.
Exactly what part of xbox360 is "milking its market share"?
Halo 7? /ducks
It was also used in 'Riding With Death' with semis...but don't think it's a good movie, it's a MST3K episode.
I won't go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my lawyer
I'm in court and always will be...
If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck ... I'll vote for the duck.
Cause it's a duck! How awesome would C-SPAN be after that?!
"The junior senator from Florida has a statement?"
"Quack! Quack quack quack, quaaack. Quack."
So...what's your estimate for a sign that's readable in daytime and nighttime conditions, and resiliant to rain, snow, and pollution over a period of 10+ years along with installation over an intersection that you likely can't shut down even at 3am?
I find the notion that non-capitalised street names are faster to process interesting, but where is the scientific evidence to back it up?
Did you consider searching for that? Or do you want us to do your work for you?
For $110 a sign, they should be able to replace themselves!!
I'm not arguing it can't be cut either, but saying that cutting Education, implimenting a pay freeze, eliminating earmarks and other things like it will be the saviours of the budget is to ignore the bigger picture.
(By the way, most of the Education budget is given back to the country in the form of Pell Grants. The more you know?)
Including labor, shipping and handling?
Not really.
If you look at the budget allocations, four programs get around 70% ($2,500 billion in 2010): Defense, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
That means every other department fights over the rest (which in 2010 totalled $1,000 billion). Education, Health and Human Services (FDA/CDC), Commerce (NOAA), Interior, Homeland Security (note: not part of Defense, and this includes Border Patrol and Customs), State Dept, NASA, Energy, Transportation, Justice, all have to divy up the remaining 30%.
Incidentally, the US brought in $2,500 billion in. So we can either cut everything the government does except social programs and Defense, or we can realize that the entitlement programs and multi-billion fighter jet contracts are tightning the belt on everything else that we actually do depend on the gov't to do. (Or maybe you'd just like us to close Supermax?)
This is a non-story that some political jerks want to blow up into unreasonable proportions.
And apparently it's working, based on some of the posts in here.
FTA, signs last about a decade.
No one. There's too much traffic.
OK, then,
Woot! I'm saved $0.41 cents a year!!
Honestly, you could probably find that in change on the ground.
It's called perspective.
People have no qualms whining about the $50 billion the Department of Education is budgeted.
But dare to say the $650 billion Department of Defence budget could get cut a little, you're suddenly weakening the country, giving in to the terrorists and a very very bad man.
Cutting $50 billion out of a $1,000 billion deficit is peanuts, though.
Meh, for all we know they just didn't do enough construction.
Welcome to the world of budgets: if you don't spend it this year, you don't get it next year.
And you may actually *need* it next year.
This looks like a good one:
http://www.cherlasvegas.net/images/las-vegas-hotels-vdara.jpg
Shows the curvature of the hotel along with the location of the pool.
At least they're upfront and honest about this. No weasel words, no political doublespeak, just a flat out, "Yep, bigger payoffs, bigger pipes."