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‘It’s Going to Hurt Us’: Automatic Budget Cuts Threaten Major Military Air Shows

Mar. 10, 2013 10:55pm Erica Ritz

(TheBlaze/AP) — Even a rural festival celebrating the harvest of Georgia’s famous sweet onions isn’t safe from the federal budget battle 600 miles away, as automatic cuts are apparently threatening to take away the star attraction for the Vidalia Onion Festival’s popular air show: the Navy’s daredevil fighter pilots, the Blue Angels.

The $85 billion in automatic budget cuts that took effect March 1 have thrown planning for the festival’s air show into a tailspin, just weeks before the April 20 event that officials agreed to hold a week earlier than usual so they could book the vaunted group. The Navy plans to cancel Blue Angels shows booked next month in Vidalia and three other cities. And there is a good chance dozens more air shows across the U.S. could get the ax as well, leaving host cities facing threats of lost tourism revenue and dwindling ticket sales.

“It’s going to hurt us,” said Marsha Temples, chief organizer of the Vidalia air show, who estimates past festival weekends have drawn 15,000 extra people when the Blue Angels were on the bill. “People like to see the Blues because they put on an absolutely phenomenal show. You have people who actually follow them and a lot of people come from out of town just to see them.”

Its Going to Hurt Us: Automatic Budget Cuts, Sequester Threaten Major Military Air Shows

Aircrafts from the U.S. Coast Guard Station Clearwater fly over the stadium before an NFL football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the St. Louis Rams Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. (Photo: AP)

While the Blue Angels’ spring schedule is in doubt, the Air Force’s formation-flying Thunderbirds and the Army’s Golden Knights skydivers have canceled their performances outright. Combined, the three teams had booked more than 190 performances between the spring and fall. That’s left many air show organizers scrambling to find replacements, such as civilian pilots with loud, fast jets from the Vietnam era or vintage planes from World War II. The uncertainty has forced others to simply cancel altogether.

John Cudahy, president of the Virginia-based International Council of Air Shows, said at least 150 U.S. air shows each year count on military performers to draw big crowds. A group like the Blue Angels or the Thunderbirds can account for 10 to 30 percent of attendance – in some cases enough to determine if a show makes or loses money.

Canceled appearances don’t just mean fewer dollars spent on tickets, souvenirs and concessions. They also mean fewer fans traveling to shows out of town and spending on hotels, restaurants and gas.

“If the military does not participate in air shows during the 2013 season, the economic impact will reach far beyond the show itself and deeply into the communities in which those shows are held,” Cudahy said.

The Politico adds:

The Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds are easy targets for military budget cutters.

The high-profile flight demonstration squadrons, forced to cancel their participation in air shows across the country as a result of sequestration, are very visible symbols of U.S. air power — and their absence is sure to draw attention…

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“In April alone, there would be tens of thousands of people who would have had the chance to see the Blues perform,” said Navy Cmdr. Kevin Stephens, a spokesman for the Blue Angels. “The Blues exist to inspire the next generation of naval aviators, and it would be a great loss if that doesn’t happen.” [Emphasis added]

Several air shows hosted by military bases, which show off their flashiest planes for publicity and as a recruitment tool, were canceled almost immediately. They include shows at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.; Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.; Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.; Langley Air Force Base, Va.; Dover Air Force Base, Del.; and Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas.

Businesses and community boosters at Pensacola Beach, Fla. – where the Blue Angels are stationed – are already trying to avert possible cancellation of the team’s July show that’s become one of the city’s biggest tourism bonanzas. An economic impact study last year estimated the Pensacola air show lured more than 15,000 visitors in addition to the normal July weekend beach crowd of about 109,000.

Buck Lee, chairman of the Santa Rosa Island Authority that oversees Pensacola Beach, said business owners and sponsors are offering to donate $100,000 or more to pay for jet fuel and other costs if that means the Blue Angels will commit to flying.

“We have a restaurant that just opened that contacted me and said, `We’re in for $10,000 if you need it,’” Lee said. “It’s a $2 million weekend for the area. That’s for hotels, employees, restaurants, souvenirs. It’s just a great three days out here.”

NFL Fans applaud as a U.S. Coast Guard flyover takes place before an NFL football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the San Diego Chargers Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. (Photo: AP)

While the Las Vegas-based Thunderbirds and the Golden Knights from Fort Bragg, N.C., have canceled their schedules beginning April 1, the Blue Angels have hedged. The team has continued training in California for upcoming March shows in El Centro, Calif., and Key West, Fla. On Monday, the team updated its Facebook page with a statement saying the Navy “intends to cancel” the Blue Angels’ April performances.

Air show organizers said the Blue Angels have been unable to tell them if they will perform or not. A spokeswoman for the Navy jet team, Lt. Katie Kelly, said the Blue Angels are waiting until the last minute in the hope something will change.

Private organizers of big air shows in Dayton, Ohio, and Louisville, Ky., have vowed to continue even if military pilots are no-shows. Others have folded their tents for 2013. The Thunder Over the Blue Ridge air show scheduled for May 11-12 in Martinsburg, W.Va., was canceled after the Air Force’s Thunderbirds announced they had been grounded.

Organizers of the Indianapolis Air Show also decided to pull the plug despite the Blue Angels holding out hope they might be able to fly in the show Father’s Day weekend. The air show’s chairman, Robert Duncan, said a $10,000 sponsor pulled out as soon as the president and Congress failed to avert the budget cuts. If the Blue Angels canceled, organizers expected the show to lose 25 percent or more of its audience. Duncan said that kind of financial blow would likely leave the show unable to cover expenses.

A military flyover is performed prior to the game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans at EverBank Field on November 27, 2011 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo: Getty Images)

“They weren’t committing to anything other than to say, `We will continue to practice and fly,’” Duncan said of the Blue Angels.

The Indianapolis show, which has raised $1.3 million for charity in its 15-year history, attracted more than 65,000 spectators last year when the Thunderbirds performed.

On the South Carolina coast, the April 27-28 air show hosted by Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort remains on track – at least for now. Chief organizer Ivey Liipfert said “there’s still some time to hold out hope.”

More than 100,000 spectators swarm into Beaufort, a city of 12,400, for the air show. Surveys indicate more than a third of the crowd travels more than 50 miles to see it, and many spectators stay for more than three days. Liipfert said without the Blue Angels, it’s possible the show would be canceled.

John Rembold, a board member of the local Chamber of Commerce, said that will definitely deprive hotels and other business of tourism dollars. It would serve as an unavoidable civics lesson, however.

“If folks have not been paying attention to the dire budget problems our nation faces,” Rembolt said, “this might be a little bit of cold water in the face.”

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ares338
Posted on March 11, 2013 at 6:47am
It’s going to hurt us,” said Marsha Temples, chief organizer of the Vidalia air show, who estimates past festival weekends have drawn 15,000 extra people when the Blue Angels were on the bill. “People like to see the Blues because they put on an absolutely phenomenal show. You have people who actually follow them and a lot of people come from out of town just to see them.”

I’m sorry..But having a solvent country is much more important than an air show. If you need an air show then fly a paper plane…it’s much more interactive.

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- WakingSheep
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 11:17am
  You should watch John Stossels special that was on last night. “Myths, Lies, and Complete stupidity”.
  
  Washington is so out of touch with the rest of the country…. this problem won’t be solved anytime soon….
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 11:38am
  Are they going to take the KEY’s to AirForceOne from O’Bumber ???
  $187,000.00 an Hour to fly that thing…How many HOURS did this
  TURKEY Log in during the campaign ????????????????????????
  CUT the Fraud and Waste….23 Hand Servants for Michelle O ?????
  WTF, Washington ????
  
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- ConstitunalAmerican
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 1:36pm
  Sorry, have to disagree with you, as these air shows by the Blue Angels are simply fantastic and thrilling to watch for the young and old. You can see the faces of young future pilots light up in anticipation and thrill for the show. The loss of these performances may save but a few taxpayers dollars, while the waste, fraud and abuse in this government would boggle the minds of most Americans. The wasteful spending for the lobbyists and their family members clustered in DC like Begger’s’ in the streets, for more taxpayer money, the constant vacations and use of Air Force I and II bring nothing to the constituents of this country who have worked hard to have it all providing government leaders all the pleasures they so take readily like pigs. Posh restaurants closed to average taxpayer Joe and family, now take away the joy of seeing the Blue Angels performances, the visits to the Americans our main home, the WH, all because government has a spending problem referred to as investing.
  Time for Change folks. Better wake up and hold them accountable of their wasteful spending habits.
  The GSA man sipping wine in the bathtub, at a plush resort, is now the poster boy of government waste. Maybe that photo should be printed on all the dollar bills.
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 2:04pm
  It’s a matter of choice.
  If cancelling a flyover helped balance the budget, cancel it.
  But why did we just GIVE F-16′s to Egypt if we’re so broke?
  Why don’t we cancel the F-35 that nobody except the lobbyists want?
  I’d rather cancel the new carpet for the general’s office in the Pentagon.
  You know that won’t happen.
  Let’s cancel Obama’s golf tour on AF-1 too! “Have some skin in the game.”
  Ha! Good luck with that.
  
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- jcldwl
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 2:31pm
  We are sinking in debt. These things should have been cut out of the budget years ago.
  
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betterpart
Posted on March 11, 2013 at 5:04am
Personally I believe this–among many others—is an Obama scheme that forced the hand of the Republicans. The lowly had several years to actualize a plan that would address US ills and setbacks, many of which he created himself then ignored. He has spent more time romancing Hollywood and roaming the countryside trying to get the citizenry to go against the Republicans than he has fixing this comatose economy and other matters of import. The character signed up for the job twice and this all falls into his lap. He owns it all. It’s his “legacy”, albeit a comical one.

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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 11:49am
  I can see O’Blamer and his band of Chicago Thugs sitting in the Situation
  Room disguising what cuts to make that will PIS*-OFF the American people
  and NOT doing ANYTHING about the real FRAUD and WASTE.. tell me
  again…….AHWWWW, but he loves the American People, Middle Class and
  the POOR.. BULLSHI* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Liar and a Thief..
  
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PAUL GULLO
Posted on March 11, 2013 at 4:25am
Lets keep those turtle tunnels being built. And let’s give GM another 45 billion.
But cut those damn air shows, and release criminals into the population. That will show those bastard Americans.
Hey Obama, your problem is obvious.

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- IMCHRISTIAN
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 7:43am
  That and all his other wastes in bad investment, etc. If he thinks he is getting all the people to feel bad and sad he is mistaken and all he is doing is making himself look worse and incompetent. He isn’t for all the people, all the time as he has shown favoritism and blames everybody but himself time after time.
  
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- ConstitunalAmerican
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 1:57pm
  Don’t forget “Our” donations to Morsi. Obamacare will be destructive to most Americans in every possible part of our lives, but it is not just obamacare that is causing the collapse and demise of this country, but those behind the creation and enforcement.
  
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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on March 11, 2013 at 2:13am
Air shows are nothing more than training that is viewed by the public, training will continue? Can you imagine N. Korea, creating weapons of mass destruction, as a means of canceling out debt? North Koreans could trust their leaders all day long, but there is nothing they could do about it if those leaders turned on their own citizens?

Public trust is kind of like precision flying, be careful who you pick for your wingman? America is leading the world into the next century by showing us what precision flying can accomplish, or by showing that trusting the public and teaching them how to fly, is a wonderful thing to behold, because it means we will travel the stars soon?

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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 3:02am
  If the Military men and women hate this….wait till their Boss takes away their GUN RIGHTS…!!!
  
  Sometimes you gotta ask yourself, what are you fighting for..??
  
  You can take the thug out of Chicago, but you cant take the Chicago out of the Thug….!!!
  
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on March 11, 2013 at 2:07am
Every single program, tour, food stamp, job that gets canceled can be directly tracked to the cost of obamacare.
That is the simple truth. Anything else is a distraction. OBAMACARE killed the air shows. OBAMACARE caused us to be unable to send our air craft carrier to duty in the gulf. This is hard, cold undeniable fact.
Do not look at the shiny object!

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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 2:19am
  Obamacare is doing more to destroy this country than any other TAX out there and that is the plain truth…..
  
  Most of the people of this nation do not want Obama care and that is a fact, there are a sliver of Union Nurses that are selling a lie to the other Nurses about Obama Care…..and all a Union does is make a Union leader Rich, we all know that for a fact…..Unions are losing more and more traction in this country, because younger kids want to work, young kids do not want EBT cards, they want to work and be social animals.
  
  There are more Home Land security agents making in an excess of 150k a year in Washington…….Washington real estate is booming and growing, while the rest of the country weakens under Obama Rule…..Washington is a Sham and I hope the fearless conservatives will keep fighting the money hungry Cronies……Money Hungry Washington Cronies have got to Gooooooo!!!!!
  
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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 2:22am
  The president has thousands of Homeland Security agents making over 150k a year…….Washington needs cuts…..and thank God on Sunday that Glenn Beck still has The Blaze and the truth……..We have got to do away with the over spending Cronies in Washington…….”We the People” are not done cutting YET….!!!
  
  Washington needs cuts. Washington needs cuts. Washington needs cuts. Washington needs cuts.
  
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- WakingSheep
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 11:00am
  Have you read the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?
  
  This goes waaaaaaaaaay further back than Obamacare….
  
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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on March 11, 2013 at 1:46am
I guess we’ve been “bad little girls and boys” and now we are being punished. No tours of the White House, no camping in the National Parks this summer, and no Blue Angels! We’ll be banned from having fireworks displays on the 4th of July. How about not being allowed to observe Memorial Day with a color guard and taps? Heaven forbid we celebrate our Veterans who died on the battlefield.
He will strip us of anything truly American, and he will love every minute of it, while he trapes around on his vacations like a spoiled brat. He is throwing a tantrum right now because he didn’t get his way. Narcissistic Maniac. Grrrrrrrrrrr!

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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 2:10am
  How’s your tantrum going? Where’s the reduce the deficit repubs? WHY does the armed services not rent out the Angels at a cost to at least break even? Oh no, now the Vidalia Onion festival won’t make as much money!!! Darn you Obama!
  
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- WakingSheep
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 11:11am
  And all I asked was that the Republican Primary acknowledge the Ron Paul votes….
  
  I could care less about air shows or visiting the White House (that is until we get a Constitutional President).
  
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LoveBringsTruth
Posted on March 11, 2013 at 1:23am
To bad US Military leadership are Obama worshippers. Someone needs to be tried and hung for treason and sure as heck isn’t the citizens.

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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 2:25am
  It is your Boss that is punishing you…….Thousands and Thousands of Homeland security agents making in an excess of 150k a year……..Washington needs more cuts..!!
  
  This president has no Idea who “We the People” are……..We want cuts to his private Washington ARMY…!!!
  
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Netsurfer2
Posted on March 11, 2013 at 12:32am
I guess they want to cancel air shows so that the President can go on some more lavish trips! After all, he can live high on the hog while others anywhere on the outside of Washington DC can budget!

I believe that they don’t want to pay the deficit regardless!

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- katzkiner
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 11:29am
  The total cost of entertaining the Obama family in 2012 was in excess of $1.4 BILLION.
  
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Warphead
Posted on March 11, 2013 at 12:31am
If the businesses want to pay for it, fine. If the tax payer is or was picking up the tab for these shows then it should not be or ever have been done. Our government bis broke. Hell it’s beyond broke. Doing things like putting on air shows is why it’s broke. They keep allocating our money for stupid sh1t they have no business being involved in. Why? Because our representatives have taken the notion that they are above reproach and have to answer to no one. They think it’s their money to do with as they please and it is endless. Our biggest problem is not so much that our nation is bankrupt but rather the political mentality that somehow keeps getting voted into power. I think it is because most Americans are just plain stupid. The equivalent of our representatives we vote for would be the fictional town of Mayberry electing Otis Campbell to head up the liquor board. I mean, what else could it be? Most of our countrymen are walking morons that buy the same political lies year after year after year and keep putting sleaze into office to oversee their lives. And to top it off, when they get scre#ed again it’s like “Damn, didn’t see that coming.” Of course you didn’t see it coming because your a stupid moron. But yet they still mange to tear themselves away from the TV long enough to get out and vote for another crook. I don’t see any solution other than a giant wall where the stupid morons live on one side and those that see through all this crap live on the other.

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- omgitsgela
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 5:06am
  you’re absolutely right. I think though, unfortunately, the general population commenting here on The Blaze is also amongst the easily persuaded dumb. The amount of off-topic political ranting and blaming the president is unreal. I really wish the operation of government was a required curriculum for our youth so people can realise when a bipartisan budget issue is everyone’s fault, not the president’s. I guess he’s an easy target for the simple minded.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 10:15am
  OMG! Some basic English and writing skills would help you! I seriously doubt that you have any idea at all, what it takes to put together a budget, let alone how to manage it! And neither do most in our government! On both sides!!! You are right about that! But I must say, when it comes to budgets and running our country, it’s the President’s ideology and hatred of this country as it was founded, that are easy targets! Even for the simple minded!!!!!
  
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- WakingSheep
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 11:24am
  @OMG
  
  You have no idea what baseline budgeting is do you?
  Have any idea what the Federal Reserve has the authority to do?
  
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hugo65hsv
Posted on March 11, 2013 at 12:14am
Go for the Obama phones that will save us billions..

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- Warphead
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 1:05am
  Are you crazy? They would lose all those votes, Those voters don’t care about anything other than what they personally can get for free. End their free phones and they just won’t vote next time. Then what.? During the next election the only voters there will be are the ones who actually had to pay for the “Free” phones. No, no no, that won’t work no how. I believe anyone who would cast a vote for new government handouts as well as the continuation of the ones they already receive is guilty of voter fraud as their vote was purchased. The last time I heard that was supposed to be illegal. It’s basically the same thing that politicians used to do to get votes for themselves. That would be to promise a free bottle of liquor if you came down and voted. In a society in which the majority becomes narcissistic, self absorbed morons (like ours) anyone running for office on the platform that they will clean up the mess, stop wasteful spending, cut entitlements and make our country fiscally sound, has about as much chance of being elected as the original Bozo the clown. Mind you, with morons voting, Bozo’s chances are pretty good especially if he’s giving stuff away but I chose him because he is not electable, he’s dead. The narcissistic morons cannot see past their own wants and desires. Their world is the only one that matters and to hell with everyone else just as long as they keep getting stuff especially free stuff. Woe is they when the gravy train finally leaves the track
  
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mharry860
Posted on March 11, 2013 at 12:03am
They already canceled the Spokane show at Fairchild Air Force Base. We took the kids once when they were young, but who goes more than once, I have no idea.

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Deda1
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:50pm
And I am suppose to give a crap?

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- Warphead
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 1:08am
  No. They only want you to give more of your money.
  
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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 2:28am
  “We the People” want cuts to Obama’s Private ARMY in Washington…….The Conservatives in Washington know what “We the People” want…….We want a budget and we want Obama’s private Army outed……Tell us about your private Washington Army you non American traitor..!!
  
  He could save money by not GOLFING every weekend…!!!
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 7:24am
  I think we can survive without air shows…and a lot of other things for that matter. Of course Obama is only willing to cut what inflicts the most pain on the public. I think this one we can shrug off, nice try Barry.
  
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Chancellor
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:49pm
As much as the Country going BANKRUPT??? Just another Lie scare tactic by the Liar’s in charge!

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- Warphead
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 1:11am
  Going?
  
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- Warphead
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 1:49am
  Bankrupt: Adjective (of a person or organization) Declared in law unable to pay outstanding debts: “the company was declared bankrupt”
  Total US Debt 12:15am 3-11-2013 ($59,165,099,764,931.00 Source DEBTClock.org) That is Fifty Nine Trillion, One Hundred Sixty Five Billion, Ninety Nine Million, Seven Hundred Sixty Four Thousand, Nine Hundred Thirty One Dollars.
  Fox News:
  Personal Debt is almost 16 trillion dollars. (16,000,000,000,000.00)
  So, if your family earns $50,000 per year, and if you spend none of that on food, rent, transportation, income tax or even pursuing your own happiness, and if you take all of your family’s household income and use it — not to pay down the government’s current debt, but just to pay down the $1 trillion in new debt that the government overspends each year – it would take your family 32 million years to pay for it. Now, multiply that by 16 – because the government is now $16 trillion in debt – to see how long it will take for you to pay it back.That’s five hundred and twelve million years. Yes, 512,000,000 years.
  That’s insane.We are genuinely scre#ed beyond repair. The next thing that you may hear is the fat lady singing.And all you clowns out there that think taxing the rich more is going to fix this. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. I can’t stop laughing at how stupid you are. You fell for the oldest trick in the book. You fell for the boogy-man trick. The boogy-man isn’t under your bed, he’s in Washington.
  
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- WakingSheep
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 11:14am
  @warphead
  
  You are forgetting about unfunded liabilities.
  
  They don’t even count future SS recipients in our current calculations.
  
  Hence… they are currently unfunded but future liabilities that are owed.
  
  SS isn’t the only one either…..
  
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Saltygi
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:47pm
Make sure that the cuts hurt! he says.

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- Puddle Duck
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:51pm
  This just in, hot off the presses…….
  
  http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/53659
  
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TheBurningTruth
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:40pm
Seriously, air shows, really? I love them as much as anybody: my wife was on an all Women’s skydiving team that performed at many, and even I’ve been involved in one over in Bratislava, Slovakia. But with the financial mess going on today, air shows are the least of our concerns.

This is just another Progressive Liberal punishment for anyone that wants to actually solve the financial mess they’ve created.

PS. It’s really cool to look DOWN on an SR71 in flight, 4000′ below you as you’re turning on jump-run! Of course that was 25 years ago.

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- Puddle Duck
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 12:12am
  Ah the SR-71….back when America and the free world dared to dream…….and made the seemingly impossible not only probable but reality.
  
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Rock_Moninoff
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:35pm
But cancel Mooche’s 50th festivities? Oh, no, never.
Fill her ass with helium and float her over some football stadiums and air shows. Eeeewwww!

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sinner-saint
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:24pm
The U.S. Government is lost and gone. They are aiding our enemies now. As far as I’m concerned they no longer exist. They have made themself the People’s enemy and an enemy of this country as well. Most of our states are still intact and functional. that is the good news. Maybe someday the federal government will come to its senses and realize their mistake. As a U,S, citizen and veteran, my job/duty is to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution – not the government, politicians, the military, or anything else.

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denkat56
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:20pm
Don’t blame the military blame our resident boy king Obama. He ran around like chicken little. Mr doom and gloom, is sitting back laughing his Biden off. The boy king and his family will go on vacation at the vineyard on our dime. When is he going to start sacrificing, and going without? How about you donate your check to a charity, with 15 mill in the bank, you don’t need a check for a measly 20 k a month. How about all of our politicians start sacrificing, like we are. No vacations, cuts in pay, after all this sequester is their faults, not ours.

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- CatB
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:27pm
  They also gave him the option of being able to target where the cuts should be .. but no that would be hard and work and .. that way people would DEMAND that they not stop the air shows .. or White House tours .. etc. Of course it won’t effect his summer vacation on Martha’s Vineyard.
  
  http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/03/source-preparations-underway-for-obama-vacation-on-158744.html
  
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Mudd
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:18pm
Good! Stop p****ing away money on stupid s**t.

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- WakingSheep
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 11:22am
  Tell that to…..
  
  Robotic squirrel!!!!
  
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barber2
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:12pm
Seems as though this topic drew out all of our antimilitary Trolls. Oh, excuse me. They call themselves Libertarians ( wink, wink ) here.. we know they are part of the Let’s Have A Revolution Crowd ! The Chicago radicals love them . Divide the conservative campaign in full swing.

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:24pm
  being against freebies does not make you anti-military
  
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- circleDwagons
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:42pm
  Yes. Barber2. Let’s divide, the gop establishment is good at dividing. Do we have the money to fly these planes? Time for real cuts, i would rather see the Blue Angels than have unnecessary bases oversees.
  
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- AUsername
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 7:26am
  There Pro Life actually.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 10:04am
  ABUSER! How many times in fifth grade English? It wasn’t enough!
  
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electroencephalographic
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:06pm
Why advertise? Sit quietly until you are needed and then unleash fury.

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soybomb315_II
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:02pm
im sorry but if you want to see an air show, you should have to pay for it. no entitlements

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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:29pm
  Hey Soy:
  I hear Big Sis will provide free flyovers, you just won’t know they are there, or what they are looking at.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 5:20am
  SOY, we not only already pay for them, they make for good training missions. During my early days in the service I met a number of pilots who begged for more air time. It keeps them sharp.
  
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electroencephalographic
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:02pm
I want my military locked and loaded, ready to go. I could’nt care less about air shows.

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justangry
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:01pm
That’s one of their best forms of propaganda. Fear not, they’ll figure out a way to do flyovers over stadiums across the country. LOL

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- barber2
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:09pm
  Explain ” their best forms of propaganda.”
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:26pm
  barber – everything the government does is either propaganda or a bribe
  
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- gyro
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:27pm
  barber2 — they cut the crap out of the military then send planes over a flag waving croud
  I think that is what he ment ?
  
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resme
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:56pm
*Sniffle Sniffle*

I guess the Romans need to visit Circo Massimo at-least once a year.

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