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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Road Walker who wrote (81096)	8/17/2010 4:47:45 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

So we're talking about the change from fiscal 2011 to fiscal 2012 right. You mean in terms of the years when you expect spending to go "way down"? That would work for me, or 2011 to 2013, or 2011 to 2014. I don't expect even "down" over any of those time frames, and I'd be shocked by "way down". We might get restraint on growth. Really that would be all that we need if it was durable, but it can't be durable without serious entitlement reform, that would probably have to involved serious cuts in benefits (reduction of benefit payments at least below what they would otherwise be, slowing their growth significantly even if there is no major year on year reduction, reduction in who they got paid to through means testing, reduction in payees through increasing the age of eligibility, or something similar).

To: Road Walker who wrote (81096)	8/17/2010 6:05:07 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

I heard the booms.......people came out to see what was happening. F-15s racing to Seattle trigger sonic booms SEATTLE -- F-15 fighter jets scrambled from Portland to deal with a float plane that had entered restricted presidential air space over Western Washington caused two sonic booms that were heard across a wide swath of the region, the FAA reported Tuesday, fraying nerves and knocking out 911 service to parts of Pierce County. The plane landed safely at a float plane harbor in Kenmore on the northern shores of Lake Washington, an official at the harbor told KOMO News. Several calls from worried residents from Olympia to Edmonds flooded emergency dispatchers and the KOMO Newsroom reporting two distinct explosions that rattled windows and shook homes around 1:50 p.m. A spokesman with the Oregon Air National Guard said two F-15s from their 142nd Fighter Wing were scrambled on a "real world mission" from their base at Portland International Airport. The FAA had restricted a large area to aircraft over Seattle due to President Obama's visit. NORAD Spokesman John Cornelio the aircraft left the restricted area before the Air National Guard jets arrived, and there was no intercept. Meanwhile, a source told ABC News a small plane violated the temporary flight restrictions and landed at a local airport about 8 miles away from where the president was -- just before the fighter jets got to him. read more.............. komonews.com