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BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 02:55 PM Jun 2013

O Boy, here we go again. Budget cuts mean some military bases can't afford Fireworks this 4th

This is some of that same old "switch-a-roo" bull.

The savings, Total, will equal around 2 million bucks, which is WAY under an hour of war cost and equal to a few hours of fighter jet training for 5-6 people.

The aggravating thing is it's just another con-job of "Look this way" (Well, Martha, I see the Military is really starting to tighten their belt...even the soldiers are sacrificing their fourth of July entertainment)

NO, NO...it doesn't amount to beans and some service people just MIGHT like to take their families to a Fireworks show that night.

I don't even know anybody that's in the service but I think this ""Cut" is astonishingly ridiculous.

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O Boy, here we go again. Budget cuts mean some military bases can't afford Fireworks this 4th (Original Post) BlueJazz Jun 2013 OP
I guess they'll just have to have a live-fire exercise instead. krispos42 Jun 2013 #1
Hey - Sequestration Supporters Wanted To Cut To The Bone - They Got Their Wish cantbeserious Jun 2013 #2
Start my mandatory furlough Duckhunter935 Jun 2013 #3

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
1. I guess they'll just have to have a live-fire exercise instead.
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 02:57 PM
Jun 2013

Tracers and airbursting flak are pretty, too.

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