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July 4th fireworks furloughed at military bases (Hussein's sequester)
MSN ^ | 6/31/13 | Jennifer C. Kerr

Posted on 06/30/2013 5:57:12 PM PDT by Libloather

WASHINGTON — The Fourth of July won't have a patriotic boom in the sky over some military bases because budget cuts and furloughed workers also mean furloughed fireworks.

Independence Day celebrations have been canceled at the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base and at the Army's Fort Bragg, both in North Carolina. The annual July Fourth celebration also has been scrapped at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Ga.

The reason is money — namely the lack of it.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.msn.com ...


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KEYWORDS: fireworks; hussein; military; sequester
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1 posted on 06/30/2013 5:57:12 PM PDT by Libloather
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ahhhh but hussein can take his tribe on vacation...what a leader he is...


2 posted on 06/30/2013 5:58:41 PM PDT by haircutter (,,,)
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To: Libloather

so what? there’s plenty of fireworks out in the private sector to see.


3 posted on 06/30/2013 6:00:04 PM PDT by RC one
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To: Libloather

but yet ObaMao found a hundred million bucks to blow on his fabulous African vacation.


4 posted on 06/30/2013 6:00:45 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: Libloather

How many firework would the $60-100M African tour de farce have paid for?


5 posted on 06/30/2013 6:02:00 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Libloather

Sorry.....

I love fireworks, but paying for them is another matter.

WE’RE BROKE!!!!! (get over it).


6 posted on 06/30/2013 6:03:07 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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