It is not this issue specifically, but all the stupid stuff like this that our government does.
This is, as Judah said, a spectacle. I know this does not cost much, but when you add up all the stupid shit like this our government does it would be a decent amount of money. On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Of all the things to complain about with regards to our government, this is > your hot-button issue? > > I like the pardon. It is maybe the least asshatty thing our government does > each year. > > > > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com>wrote: > >> >> We probably wouldn't spend much less not doing it. How much do two >> turkeys cost? The President will be doing something then, isn't like >> he's off the clock. Of all the stupid crap that the government does, >> this would seem pretty low on the outrage list to me. Mostly they just >> do it because it is a tradition, something like 60 years or so. People >> like it when their Leader participates in spectacles that have >> something to do with their own lives. We could probably save a couple >> thousand dollars not putting up Christmas lights around the White >> House either, but people would bitch about us abandoning Christianity. >> >> Judah >> >> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Seriously, is this really necessary? Do we really need to spend time >> > and money on 'pardoning' a turkey. >> > >> > I am sick and tired of all this stupid bullshit our government does. >> > It wastes time and money. Imagine how much money we could save if we >> > got rid of all this stupid shit. >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332170 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
