A Truth Journal: More WTF? More Cool From Team Obama Giving Up Salary Money in Show of Sequestration Layoff Solidarity?

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A Truth Journal: More WTF? More Cool From Team Obama Giving Up Salary Money in Show of Sequestration Layoff Solidarity?: From Denny:   America, forget about political optics, sliding our way this entire past week was more cool  from the Obama White House channel.

Yes, it's true.  There actually are federal officials giving away their money back to taxpayers.  Happily blame Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter for starting this trend when they jumped up and volunteered to put some skin in the sequestration game.
(See this post for details.)

"Yes, don't ask of your country what they can do for your wallet but rather volunteer some of your paycheck back to your country's wallet" may be the new political trend?  One thing is for sure, these Democrats  definitely make the Republicans look like the usual stingy political losers flying their freak flags on the national political highway.

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A Truth Journal: Cool WTF? Government Officials Are Voluntarily Giving Up Salaries Back to Taxpayers?

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A Truth Journal: Cool WTF? Government Officials Are Voluntarily Giving Up Salaries Back to Taxpayers?: From Denny:  Just when we are all so furiously angered at the selfishness of our government officials for the usual screw-ups, pure laziness and lack of will to make positive corrections, there happens to be two of them that rose above and beyond the call of duty.  Yes, there are two federal officials that have landed in the Admiration Corner today.  These two men are class acts.

Turns out the sequestration mess caused high levels of Pentagon civilian employee furloughs - to the tune of 750,000 people.  The plan was to lay off these unhappy folks for 22 days but that has been cut back to 14 days.  Still, it isn't easy to lose one of your paychecks - even though it's spread out over many months through September.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced that huge block of civilian furloughs will save $2.5 billion for the Pentagon budget.  The sequestration across-the-board budget cuts went into effect on 1 March which amounts to $41 billion.  This $2.5 billion employee furlough will be tacked to that reduction.

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WTF Is Going On?

Unlike this lady, it seems I do not have any hidden talents when it comes to posting comments on your sites.  I don’t know what’s up with my blog or my blogging skills.   It has been close to a year now that I have been unable to post from YouTube or links to other blogs.  This sucks.

But now I am having trouble posting comments on some blogs.  Not all, just a few.  Middle Child’s blog will not let me post.  Navy One only gets a few of them, but not all.  WTF, folks?

I type in a humorous yet aptly appropriate and thought provoking comment and hit enter.  Some ask for the word verification (and that seems to have changed, too) some don’t, but either way I see the comment post.  The message at the top says it has posted.  I believe it.  Why would it lie to me?  Yet when I return to the main page, the comment is gone.  Nowhere! Not There! Like It Never Was!

You blocking me?

I looked in the mirror to make sure I was holding my mouth just right.  I made sure my hands were clean.  I have muttered a prayer to the blogging gods, but it doesn’t work.  Some of you will just not let me comment. (I hear some of you saying that’s a blessing…Fuck You. Shut It!)

I do not want to go the Google Help (oxymoron) if I can help it.  I trust you, my experienced blogger pals. What say you?

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The Social Poets: 2012 GOP Taliban: Politically Clueless Gaffes: From Denny: What a week. The comics could not ask for better material. It was handed to them on a silver platter. And the Obama White House aides are dancing in the halls because they cannot believe their good fortune.

Don't get cocky, guys, it might not last. Besides, there are always the fast rising fuel prices to torpedo what you thought was an easy win.

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