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Clio the Leo

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Tue Jan-26-10 12:57 PM
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Edited on Tue Jan-26-10 12:58 PM by Clio the Leo

No doubt a GOOD time will be had by all! :)

Hope Miss Helen doesn't miss this one. Heh.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/briefing-press-secretary-robert-gibbs-0

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Jan-26-10 12:59 PM
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1. PINK tie! We gotta PINK tie....

.... oh, he's GEARED for battle. :)

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:01 PM
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2. lol and Helen IS there!

:popcorn:

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:04 PM
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3. "not an across the board ax"....

.... but will cut programs that the President feels aren't as important, investing in programs that are.

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muffin1

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:04 PM
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4. No, thanks.

I think I'll pull out my own teeth sans novocaine. I'm fairly certain it'll be less painful.

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Jennicut

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:05 PM
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5. It will be entertaining, today, ahead of the SOTU.

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:05 PM
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6. apparently some programs are "duplicative"

... and its those duplicative programs that are being cut "programs that have outlived their intended use."

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Cha

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:08 PM
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9. Some on DU will still find

a way to attack attack attack over duplicative.

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Jennicut

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:21 PM
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18. Yes, I am sure they will.

This sounds like little more then Al Gore's ReGo. There was waste that needed to be cut then too.

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:06 PM
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7. Will effect less than 1% of spending over the next 10 years. NT

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:08 PM
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8. "some thought we were crazy last year to cut defense spending..."

"now that program no longer lives" (and no one cares)

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:10 PM
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10. the plan to do this began before he left for Christmas. NT

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:11 PM
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11. "WH does not believe the over all macroeconomic effect would effect the recovery" NT

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:12 PM
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12. Miss Helen basically asks why this doesn't apply to defense spending....

.... Gibbs says they've already cut spending. (see above)

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DURHAM D

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:19 PM
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16. It looks like she has fallen asleep now.

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:20 PM
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17. she always does that....

.... just resting her eyes I think. ;)

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DURHAM D

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:30 PM
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21. Even if she is asleep she is sharper than

all of the press corp put together.

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:43 PM
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24. which isn't saying much. NT

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Cha

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:30 PM
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22. Did she forget like

everyone else who's complaining about this?

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:13 PM
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13. Chip asks why this doesn't apply to Medicare/Medicaid....

.... Gibbs smilingly says, "in case you haven't noticed, the President has been trying to cut back on health care spending for quite some time." (paraphrased)

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:15 PM
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14. lol Chip says "this is a loser politically because liberals are infuriated." NT

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Cha

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:28 PM
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19. Is chip sticking up

for libbies?

It's so touching what a mediawhore he is.

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:16 PM
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15. Chip asks "is the President worried his legacy could be dead..."

or he might have said "debt" .... whatever he said, Gibbs laughed and said, "no."

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Cha

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:29 PM
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20. Muchas Gracias for all your

steno work, Clio. Very enlightening!

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:42 PM
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23. missed a bunch....

... got a phone call.

lol funny actually, got a text message from a friend of mine who isn't text savy TRYING to say, "what are you doing?" .... she's a good Democrat but no more interested in politics than most people. Her text read, "what qrqp" which I THOUGHT meant "what crap!" meaning she was as upset about the freeze as everyone else. But I was surprised she even knew about it (and she didn't really, she just cant text. lol )

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Cha

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Tue Jan-26-10 01:53 PM
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25. That's funny..I knew it had

to be something to help our economy..they're serious in our Government now.

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