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Christmas spirit dies at White House as ornament-hawking gift shop goes broke
Washington TImes ^
| Oct 11 2013
| Jim McElhatton-
Posted on 10/12/2013 7:13:56 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey
Another sign of the tough times in Washington these days, the White House Gift Shop, long run by a nonprofit group that helps uniformed Secret Service officers and their families, has gone broke.The Secret Service Uniformed Division Benefit Fund, which traces its roots to the 1940s and for years did business as the official White House Gift Shop, lists more than $600,000 in liabilities in a pending bankruptcy petition in Washington. The fund — which operated independently of the White House and Secret Service, and was not a part of the government — disclosed tens of thousands of dollars in assets consisting mostly of Christmas decorations, as well as such trinkets as magnets, puzzles and paperweights, many valued at just a few dollars each.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bankruptcy; bhowhitehouse; obamalegacy; usss
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Im surprised it hasnt been SHUTDOWN!
To: MeshugeMikey
It was doomed at the time of the sequester when they closed the White House to tours.
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posted on
10/12/2013 7:19:22 AM PDT
by
Mercat
To: MeshugeMikey
Symbolic in many, many ways.
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posted on
10/12/2013 7:19:34 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(21st century. I'm not a fan.)
To: MeshugeMikey
Could it be because idiot closed down the tours in the white house and no one is there to buy it..Blame it on idiot Muslim he shut things down for the public..
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posted on
10/12/2013 7:20:34 AM PDT
by
PLD
To: Mercat
is it STILL closed to tours ?
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posted on
10/12/2013 7:21:07 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: knarf
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posted on
10/12/2013 7:22:59 AM PDT
by
PLD
To: MeshugeMikey
mooslims don’t celebrate Christmas
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posted on
10/12/2013 7:28:14 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: MeshugeMikey
,
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posted on
10/12/2013 7:32:57 AM PDT
by
varyouga
To: knarf
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posted on
10/12/2013 7:38:32 AM PDT
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: MeshugeMikey
Soon to re-open selling prayers rugs, prayer beads, Korans, kufis, and Burqas.
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posted on
10/12/2013 7:45:29 AM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: MeshugeMikey
If most of their inventory is plastered with pictures of Obama and Mooshell, I can imagine why they’re in the red.
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posted on
10/12/2013 7:46:00 AM PDT
by
fivecatsandadog
(Why does my phone go all wonky every time I say something bad about Obama?)
To: MeshugeMikey
Anyone remember the XMAS tree when the Clinton’s were in the WH? Many porno ornaments hanging, no pun intended, from the tree.
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posted on
10/12/2013 7:46:28 AM PDT
by
duckman
(I'm part of the group pulling the wagon!)
To: mass55th
Soon to re-open selling prayers rugs, prayer beads, Korans, kufis, and Burqas.Oh... you mean the Washington Trust Fund (WTF) is buying them out ?
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posted on
10/12/2013 7:51:49 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: duckman
Anyone remember the XMAS tree when the Clinton’s were in the WH? Many porno ornaments hanging, no pun intended, from the tree. Those were hung in remembrance of BC's mother.
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posted on
10/12/2013 7:53:10 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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posted on
10/12/2013 7:54:26 AM PDT
by
RedMDer
(http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
To: MeshugeMikey
Since he cancelled White House tours at Sequestration, I imagine business at the gift shop has been slow.
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posted on
10/12/2013 7:56:52 AM PDT
by
aynrandfreak
(Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
To: aynrandfreak
Strange how the author did not even HINT at that “posssible cause”
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posted on
10/12/2013 8:07:24 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
To: varyouga
This years Christmas Tree ..should there BE one...will doubtless be festooned with Veggies..from Michelles...Let’s Move Garden.
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posted on
10/12/2013 8:10:24 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
To: Doogle
Imagine if Barry actually CAME OUT as a nohammadummie!??
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posted on
10/12/2013 8:12:07 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
To: MeshugeMikey
"Merry Kwanzaa, m***** f*****s!"
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posted on
10/12/2013 8:38:46 AM PDT
by
Dr. Thorne
("How long, O Lord, holy and true?" - Rev. 6:10)
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