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Originally posted by jibeho
Originally posted by captaintyinknots
1)What a junk title. Not having an easter egg hunt now equals war on the easter bunny? Geez, this sensationalistic crap is getting bad.
2)There are other easter egg hunts. I, for one, am ok with the president focusing on REAL issues, and not finding eggs full of candy to celebrate a sham of a holiday.
Real Issues? Like Michelle Obama's star studded birthday party. They are already planning for her 50th next January 2014. Talk about wishful thinking... I fully expect them to pull out all of the stops.
www.huffingtonpost.com...
Maybe Obama should just open his check book to foot the bill for this Egg Roll. Its been a WH tradition since about 1814. I believe that the only time the egg roll was suspended was under FDR. Many compare Obama to FDR. Go figure...
Easter is a "sham of a holiday"? Are you just referring to the "bunny" factor or Easter as a religious holiday?edit on 19-3-2013 by jibeho because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by IAMTAT
reply to post by captaintyinknots
Love all the emoticons. I find they add so much substance
Thanks again for trying so hard to make your point.
They are ABSOLUTELY whining about not having an easter egg hunt at the white house. If you truly think any of these things have an effect on the overall budget of the nation, well, you know that old saying about beach front property in arizona....
Originally posted by captaintyinknots
reply to post by ManBehindTheMask
A lot of ad hom and mudslinging in that post. well done
Crusade? What on earth makes you think I am on some kind of crusade? Makes me think you dont know what a crusade is.
So you think, at this point, small economic cuts are going to solve the problems of this country? Not even sure what to say to that...
By sham of a holiday, I mean the fact that it is a stolen holiday. A money making holiday. And a holiday that means nothing.
Ive stated many times that obama is a national embarrassment. Thats hardly the point. PEOPLE ARE WHINING ABOUT AN EASTER EGG HUNT. Have we really sunken to the point that THIS is what we focus on? I love ATS, but it really has become a great snapshot of how snowed the majority of people out there are.
Originally posted by kerazeesicko
Another thread of faux outrage from the right...yawn.
These idiots just look for anything to write bad about Obama...take some little story and then blow it completely out of proportion...typical Obama hater MO.
135 Years of Fun On Monday April 1, 2013, the First Family will host the 135th annual White House Easter Egg Roll. This year, more than 35,000 people will be joining us on the South Lawn for games, stories, and, of course, the traditional egg roll.
“Finally, by using these tickets, guests are acknowledging that this event is subject to cancellation due to funding uncertainty surrounding the Executive Office of the President and other federal agencies,” it reads. “If cancelled, the event will not be re-scheduled. We will notify you if there are any modifications to this event.”
The memo — which doesn’t actually say the White House is nixing the bunny fest, but just that it might do so at some point during the next couple of weeks — warns ticket-holders that the nation’s financial woes may affect the 135th Easter Egg role slated for April 1. (Note: this is not an April’s Fools Day joke.)
House and Senate members received the memo last week, along with the notice that each congressional family would receive a total of five tickets; Politico first reported news of it Monday.
A White House official, who was not authorized to discuss the planning of the event on the record, confirmed the warning went out to all ticket-holders who received confirmation they secured tickets, including those who obtained passes through a lottery.
Congress has yet to finalize a continuing resolution, which could pass within a matter of days.
“Because we distribute tickets to the Easter Egg Roll far in advance, we alerted all ticket holders that this event is subject to cancellation due to funding uncertainty, including the possibility of a government shutdown,” the official wrote in an e-mail. “However, we are currently proceeding as planned with the Easter Egg Roll.”
(CNSNews.com) – The Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded $3.8 million in 2011 and 2012 for a “African Elephant Conservation” grant that, in part, aims to “decrease human-elephant conflict.”
The grant award for 2013 is estimated at $1.5 million to continue efforts to protect African elephants and their habitat, according to federalgrantswire.com.
The funds will go to “any African government agency responsible for African elephant conservation and protection and any other organization or individual with demonstrated experience in African elephant conservation,” the grant description states.
Originally posted by jibeho
What utter garbage!! Considering that our Federal Govt. will issue a $1.5 million in grants to African nations who study the impact between Elephants and Humans.
The White House has been vague about what it will cut from the West Wing budget. It was announced Tuesday that public White House tours will be suspended as part of sequestration cuts to the Secret Service, though that agency is part of the Department of Homeland Security,not the Executive Office of the President.