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From A Yacht Club Event To Cigars And Expensive Wine, Are Your Tax Dollars Going To Lavish "Research" Parties
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- You sure can''t blame the peasants for learning from their betters in the Darth Bushit regime with their billion dollar giveaways to Halliburton, Blackwater and other cronies, now can you?
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- I don''t know why you people want to make everything political. These guys are ripping you off regardless of party and it''s very close to criminal.
Posted by Spinster2 at 07:04 AM : Jun 07, 2008
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The Bush administration and New Republican Philosophy have made criminal and immoral desirable traits. Why are you complaining? You should be proud. Celebrate by sending some more American tax money to Iraq or Israel. - Reply to this comment
- I don''t know why you people want to make everything political. These guys are ripping you off regardless of party and it''s very close to criminal.
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- What kind of crack are you on? Before you call people dumb, you better learn how to spell!!(mathmatical!!)
Posted by timdgrim
And so should you my friend, the actual spelling is (mathematical). My how easy it is to know it all. - Reply to this comment
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Hey Jonesforch - this is ok because they are the libs prized spokespeople (can''''t say man - might violate som lib!). Not surprising coming from people are not in touch with reality.
Posted by jb01201a
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Get a grip ... this behaviour crosses all bounderies. liberal, conservative, republican, democrat, christian, jew, atheist, scientist, whatever .. if they work for the government they are likely to act like this. - Reply to this comment
- Well, call me niave, but---when the govt authorizes a per diem (per day) rate of $61 per person---that is a set allocation! They do NOT expect you to exceed that! Not surpassing $231 or more per day or any other damnn amount!
While terminology varies, what do they call that when you exceed your checking acct and overdraw your acct?
Fraud? Deception by check draft? Etcetera.
Now, what do you think the Fed Govt calls it when you exceed your authorized per diem amount?! A mistake?
I DON"T THINK SO! More like---a crime!
What was done here is certainly a crime. But, there''s probably zero interest in pursuing it, because they don''t want to charge, try, and bust 300 plus scientists! Not only would the legal dealings be a pain in the keester, but having to hire 300 plus replacement scientists wouldn''t be so much fun, either! But, it IS more than a ''little mistake''! - Reply to this comment
- This happens everywhere, maybe not always to this extent. School systems, government, organizations, corporations, you name it. But, when you take a bunch of people on a free vacation Paradise, what do you think? They''re going to party.
These government should require any conferences to occur in locations of lesser economic wealth. Large enough to accommodate hotels and conference rooms and such for the group. Maybe more of these conferences should be held in the New Orleans area and other ''Rita-ravaged'' areas, thereby solving two issues.
Bringing people from all over the country to an economic area that really needs the help, saving on travel by bringing people (if nationwide) to a sort of ''middle'' meeting point, and certainly the goodwill of supporting economies that could use the help in general. - Reply to this comment
- Scientists Gone Wild?
Nothing compared to neocons gone wild.
A war based on 935 lies, fake intel.
Killed 4090 Americans so far.
Cost the country $3 trillion.
What''s a couple thousand buck compared to the $12 billion we''re wasting in Iraq!
And who''s the main beneficiary?
Bush and his Halliburton buddies.
BLOOD MONEY.
George W Bush - Son of Satan
Damned for all time! - Reply to this comment
- Everyone of us,those that are working that is, love to get a sponsered trip,a freebie,ect.. The trouble is with the press trying ssooo hard to find dirt. If they have a story of coruption fine, but it should not be the guy/girl that totaly uses their food allotment on a dinner drink. Yes we need people to make sure that things are done right, but research first what is a story
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- This happens in every branch of Government .. scientists, politicians, inspectors, postal officials, etc.
Nobody should be surprised ... didn''''t they just have an expose about the politicians using a loophole to get around the latest batch of campaign finance rules?
Posted by cyberus at 12:27 AM : Jun 07, 2008
These government people always take advantage of a good deal. There are to many of them that have nothing to do on the JOB. Its time to start cutting some jobs. They use our tax money and we get nothing in return. What bugs me the most is that they always get a cost of living raise every year. The people in the private sector are lucky to get a raise of any kind. - Reply to this comment
- Hey Jonesforch - this is ok because they are the libs prized spokespeople (can''t say man - might violate som lib!). Not surprising coming from people are not in touch with reality.
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- This happens in every branch of Government .. scientists, politicians, inspectors, postal officials, etc.
Nobody should be surprised ... didn''t they just have an expose about the politicians using a loophole to get around the latest batch of campaign finance rules? - Reply to this comment
- I wish someone would explain to me what the heck leefnneadle said. Sounds like someone with a pocket full of degrees, or maybe forgot to take their medicine.
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- I say let these scientists have a little fun and enjoy themselves. $230/day for food is not extravagant and I''''d rather see these people get some taxpayer money instead of those filthy, scamming illegals.
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The words above are those of a true baboso idiot. - Reply to this comment
- Hmm? Global warming HUH.
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- Should be an easy mathmatical proof possible on this line of reasoning. But no one to sell it to ... certainly not dumb Americans ...
Posted by SharnCedar
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What kind of crack are you on? Before you call people dumb, you better learn how to spell!!(mathmatical!!) - Reply to this comment
- "$27,000 for a yacht club event; $13,000 for alcohol and food at a social event; $650 on cigars and wine."
Clearly bad judgment on the part of some taxpayer-funded employees, but I bet if you dug enough, you could find some military contractor in Iraq charged the same amount or more for a BOLT! If CBS wants to investigate real fraud, they need to head east. This B.S. isn''t even a drop in the bucket. - Reply to this comment
- "eternity is as much made of me as i am of it, & so it has size in that i have size"
your body has size, but that doesn''t imply that you have size, in other words, you may be made of eternity and yet eternity has no size, if you are not your body. If for example, "you" are a derivative of your actions and thoughts over time, thus the dimensions of existence of the essential "you" is in 4 dimesional space, actually in a space in which only thoughts and actions are represented, and the way they change over time, and not physical bodies.
A person''s actual self is embodied in their self-realization, which being an observational event must occur over a span of time. To observe yourself, to know you exist, takes place as a derived response to many things happening over time. In any one instant of time you don''t "know you exist" thus you do not exist. Thus we the consciouslive outside the physical world.
Should be an easy mathmatical proof possible on this line of reasoning. But no one to sell it to ... certainly not dumb Americans ... - Reply to this comment
- "If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn''t be called research." Albert Einstein
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- I say let these scientists have a little fun and enjoy themselves. $230/day for food is not extravagant and I''d rather see these people get some taxpayer money instead of those filthy, scamming illegals.
If you go to any decent resort, it is easy to spend $200 or more per head for food and beverage. These are some of the best minds in the world and it shouldn''t be any concern that they get to have nice time at a meeting or convention. I''ll bet the taxpayers spend over $200 per day on some illegal popping out an anchor baby, or some illegal serving time in jail. Don''t forget the free breakfasts and food and ESOL programs. Include the free health care
and food stamps. $230 per day starts to look cheap.
Eat, drink and be merry and get all you can. - Reply to this comment
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