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Re: President Obama Threatening to cut NWS budgets
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2012, 07:25:57 PM »
Sigh. When is Congress going to learn to cut useless crap and not the important stuff?

Apparently Obama doesn't quite understand how significant of a role NWS played last year. Their budget for 2011 was $1.032 billion that year. The total cost of natural disasters that year was well over 20 billion dollars. If NWS wasn't around for those, then the cost of those disasters would significantly increase. That's not even taking into account the exponential increase in lives lost. Cutting the computer technology to get warnings out is asinine.
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Re: President Obama Threatening to cut NWS budgets
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2012, 07:33:39 PM »
I doubt this is Obama's plan.. it sounds like something that congress would propose
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Re: President Obama Threatening to cut NWS budgets
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2012, 08:30:44 PM »
I doubt this is Obama's plan.. it sounds like something that congress would propose

I would think so because I recall not very long ago late last year (probably after Irene) he said he wanted the NWS budget and federal aid for natural disasters to be expanded.


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Re: President Obama Threatening to cut NWS budgets
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2012, 08:37:09 PM »
Obama is turning into a Corbett; he is cutting the wrong things. The NWS is one of the last things to consider budget cuts for.

Ed Rendell said it best... "We are a nation of wussies."  :yes:

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Re: President Obama Threatening to cut NWS budgets
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2012, 09:52:03 PM »
Ed Rendell said it best... "We are a nation of wussies."  :yes:

I remember Ed from this classic interview. As much as I love the idea of him calling a CBS reporter a simpleton, he needs to take an anger management class.

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-01-10/entertainment/29967926_1_ed-rendell-lesley-stahl-simpletons

I read about that quote, though, and agree with him 100%. In fact, it made me laugh because he sounds like me. :P
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Re: President Obama Threatening to cut NWS budgets
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2012, 11:16:24 PM »
LOL they could've just produced more money to offset the debt. I realize inflation will result, but so what? Inflation is already rising, regardless of the amount of money being produced so they might as well consider it.

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Re: President Obama Threatening to cut NWS budgets
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2012, 11:30:35 PM »
I remember Ed from this classic interview. As much as I love the idea of him calling a CBS reporter a simpleton, he needs to take an anger management class.

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-01-10/entertainment/29967926_1_ed-rendell-lesley-stahl-simpletons

I read about that quote, though, and agree with him 100%. In fact, it made me laugh because he sounds like me. :P
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Re: President Obama Threatening to cut NWS budgets
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2012, 12:03:02 AM »
Rendell wasn't a good governor, but he sure beats this moron we have in office now.

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Re: President Obama Threatening to cut NWS budgets
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2012, 12:51:00 AM »
Rendell wasn't a good governor, but he sure beats this moron we have in office now.
Good god I hate Tom Corbett.. even worse than Christie.  :furious:

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Re: President Obama Threatening to cut NWS budgets
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2012, 02:56:19 AM »
I doubt this is Obama's plan.. it sounds like something that congress would propose
It's in the Presidents budget plan. But since its just a joke that neither party in congress will vote for you won't have to worry about any cuts.

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Re: President Obama Threatening to cut NWS budgets
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2012, 05:36:43 PM »
Congress (and the Republicans) keep demanding budget cuts, but everything that ever gets proposed to be cut results in a tremendous public backlash.  There's no way to win, really.

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Re: President Obama Threatening to cut NWS budgets
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2012, 06:14:26 PM »
Congress (and the Republicans) keep demanding budget cuts, but everything that ever gets proposed to be cut results in a tremendous public backlash.  There's no way to win, really.
I believe the American people are demanding that as well ;) True there is no easy solution. Someone is going to be pissed no matter what

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Re: President Obama Threatening to cut NWS budgets
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2012, 06:50:20 PM »
I guess that's where the philosophy of democracy should kick in. What cuts would benefit rather than harm the majority of us while at the same time reducing the deficit.


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Re: President Obama Threatening to cut NWS budgets
« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2012, 03:08:19 AM »
A petition was made yesterday on whitehouse.gov to remove NWS from the budget cuts. 25,000 signatures are needed by March 16th. If you want your opinion heard, then sign this and get everyone else you know to sign it as well. The White House takes these things seriously, so the faster we get the signatures, the better.

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/%21/petition/prevent-budget-cuts-national-weather-service/nQVPd4l2
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