{"id":17465,"date":"2013-02-07T21:30:06","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T02:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17465"},"modified":"2013-02-07T21:30:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T02:30:06","slug":"sometimes-its-hard-to-imagine-how-some-people-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17465","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes It&#8217;s Hard To Imagine How Some People Think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/panetta-to-propose-military-pay-cut-after-obama-raised-federal-officials-pay\/article\/2520741\">Washington Examiner<\/a> reported that <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States Secretary of Defense\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Defense Secretary<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Leon Panetta\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leon_Panetta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Leon Panetta<\/a> has suggested that military pay be cut in order to help with the budget cuts facing the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"The Pentagon\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8709888889,-77.0559611111&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=38.8709888889,-77.0559611111 (The%20Pentagon)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Pentagon<\/a> due to sequestration. This suggestion comes after <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Barack Obama\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">President Obama<\/a> signed an <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Executive order\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Executive_order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">executive order<\/a> raising the salary of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Joe Biden\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/vicepresident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Vice President Joe Biden<\/a> and other federal officials.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u201cThe President\u2019s pay hike even increases the salary for federal employees who receive poor performance reviews from their own supervisors,\u201d <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Government_Reform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">House Oversight and Government Reform Committee<\/a> chairman <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Darrell Issa\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Darrell_Issa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Darrell Issa<\/a>, R-Calif., <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/house-gop-release-bill-to-reverse-obamas-pay-raise-for-federal-employees\/article\/2518773?custom_click=rss\">said<\/a> when a group of lawmakers proposed legislation to reverse the pay increase. \u201cAs President Obama continues to say one thing and do another on deficit spending, it is appropriate for <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States Congress\" href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Congress<\/a> to challenge his unilateral decision to spend $11 billion on non-merit based pay raises for federal workers.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Secretary Panetta suggested that military salaries be limited to a one percent increase in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>This is simply disgusting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=8da0aad4-dbc8-48e8-ac29-a190d534936f\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday the Washington Examiner reported that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has suggested that military pay be cut in order to help with the budget cuts facing the Pentagon due to sequestration. 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