enhanced_deficit
10-06-2013, 02:34 PM
Are these tax payers funded golf courses open just in case 'commander-in-chief' decides to go golfing?
Troops Forage for Food While Golfers Play On in Shutdown
By Jeff Plungis, Mark Drajem & David Lerman
Grocery stores on Army bases in the U.S. are closed. The golf course at Andrews Air Force base is open.
All 128 employees of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. are working, while 3,000 safety inspectors employed by the Federal Aviation Administration are off the job.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-03/troops-forage-for-food-while-golfers-play-on-in-shutdown.html
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1292841/thumbs/r-OBAMA-MARTHAS-VINEYARD-large570.jpg?6 (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=oD1BsPh0wd_ZJM&tbnid=Ia7BVpOetKjGzM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2013%2F0 8%2F11%2Fobama-marthas-vineyard_n_3740131.html&ei=hMhRUpW4HYTa9QS1g4DoCg&bvm=bv.53537100,d.eWU&psig=AFQjCNF6RTdPQZArM73o48hKCDj9sefvlQ&ust=1381177834143452)
As Shutdown Crisis Unfolds, Obama Sets Personal Golf Record
(http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/09/30/shutdown-crisis-unfolds-obama-sets-personal-golf-record)
By KEITH KOFFLER, White House Dossier
As the House moved Saturday toward passing legislation that will likely result in a government shutdown, President Obama excused himself to play his customary Saturday golf, a round that set a record for most golf outings in a year since he became president.
It is perhaps emblematic of his declining influence on Capitol Hill that Obama chose not to work to affect the outcome of one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in years and instead engaged in his favorite recreational activity.
http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/09/30/shutdown-crisis-unfolds-obama-sets-personal-golf-record
Obama's favorite golf courses open during shutdown (http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/magnolia/opinion/tom-toth-obama-s-favorite-golf-courses-open-during-shutdown/article_cd75e968-2e11-11e3-a31b-0019bb2963f4.html)
Saturday, October 5, 2013 10:55 pm
By TOM TOTH / Americans for Limited Government
Chipping out from the Capitol Hill bunker, President Barack Obama often enjoys getting away from the bustle of Washington politics to enjoy a round a golf–more precisely 146 rounds since he entered office.
His favorite courses are on military bases at Andrews Air Force Base and Fort Belvoir. So when the government shutdown hit Washington–closing grocery stores (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-03/troops-forage-for-food-while-golfers-play-on-in-shutdown.html?utm_source=WhatCounts+Publicaster+Ed ition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The+Daily+Editorialist%3a+Shutdown+Sa turday+Special&utm_content=open+for+play) on military bases including Andrews and Fort Belvoir, barricading national memorials, and threatening football games for the service academies–one could assume that the president's pastime of choice taking place on federal property is on ice until he and the rest of the folks on the Hill get business squared away.
Troops Forage for Food While Golfers Play On in Shutdown
By Jeff Plungis, Mark Drajem & David Lerman
Grocery stores on Army bases in the U.S. are closed. The golf course at Andrews Air Force base is open.
All 128 employees of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. are working, while 3,000 safety inspectors employed by the Federal Aviation Administration are off the job.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-03/troops-forage-for-food-while-golfers-play-on-in-shutdown.html
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1292841/thumbs/r-OBAMA-MARTHAS-VINEYARD-large570.jpg?6 (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=oD1BsPh0wd_ZJM&tbnid=Ia7BVpOetKjGzM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2013%2F0 8%2F11%2Fobama-marthas-vineyard_n_3740131.html&ei=hMhRUpW4HYTa9QS1g4DoCg&bvm=bv.53537100,d.eWU&psig=AFQjCNF6RTdPQZArM73o48hKCDj9sefvlQ&ust=1381177834143452)
As Shutdown Crisis Unfolds, Obama Sets Personal Golf Record
(http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/09/30/shutdown-crisis-unfolds-obama-sets-personal-golf-record)
By KEITH KOFFLER, White House Dossier
As the House moved Saturday toward passing legislation that will likely result in a government shutdown, President Obama excused himself to play his customary Saturday golf, a round that set a record for most golf outings in a year since he became president.
It is perhaps emblematic of his declining influence on Capitol Hill that Obama chose not to work to affect the outcome of one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in years and instead engaged in his favorite recreational activity.
http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/09/30/shutdown-crisis-unfolds-obama-sets-personal-golf-record
Obama's favorite golf courses open during shutdown (http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/magnolia/opinion/tom-toth-obama-s-favorite-golf-courses-open-during-shutdown/article_cd75e968-2e11-11e3-a31b-0019bb2963f4.html)
Saturday, October 5, 2013 10:55 pm
By TOM TOTH / Americans for Limited Government
Chipping out from the Capitol Hill bunker, President Barack Obama often enjoys getting away from the bustle of Washington politics to enjoy a round a golf–more precisely 146 rounds since he entered office.
His favorite courses are on military bases at Andrews Air Force Base and Fort Belvoir. So when the government shutdown hit Washington–closing grocery stores (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-03/troops-forage-for-food-while-golfers-play-on-in-shutdown.html?utm_source=WhatCounts+Publicaster+Ed ition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The+Daily+Editorialist%3a+Shutdown+Sa turday+Special&utm_content=open+for+play) on military bases including Andrews and Fort Belvoir, barricading national memorials, and threatening football games for the service academies–one could assume that the president's pastime of choice taking place on federal property is on ice until he and the rest of the folks on the Hill get business squared away.