they did emphasize the public was never in any imminent danger. the los angeles times, the tsa has delayed a plan allowing passengers to carry small pocket knives on to planes in a letter to employees yesterday, tsa chief john pistole said he planned to temporarily maintain a ban on knives after meeting with a security panel. that s good. the policy change was scheduled to take effect on thursday. willie, looks like those bayonets we were hoping to bring back that s a good call. we re going to have to ship them fedex. you check those, that s all. usa today, the sequester cutbacks may be visible now to the public. hundreds of flight delays yesterday at new york s three major airports caused by a combination of high winds and short staffing due to last month s automatic budget cuts. that led to delays of more than 90 minutes for arriving flights, about 1,500 controllers or 10% of the air traffic controller workforce were required to take an unpaid day off on monday.
meet jeff marriet. he s a 35-year-old army reserve and combat veteran. he served in both iraq and afghanistan. the website buzzfeed revealed his story today, and it s sickening. automatic budget cuts meant his paycheck has been slashed by nearly 27%. he was forced to get a job delivering pizzas. and when that wasn t enough, he came up with a new plan. quote, he would like to go back to war. he can t afford a forced pay cut. so he wants to go back to war? how is this happening in america right now? and it s only one of hundreds of stories we re learning about today. the huffington post revealed 100 stories featuring layoffs,
ceiling twice, in 2011 and 2013. refused deal on automatic budget cuts. tried to block key cabinet apoin toes. held up appointment of 47 judicial nominees. i mean, id be in hardball time if i kept talking about what they blocked. none of that was done with bush if it was something good for the country even though a lot of us were adamantly opposed to bush. people like ted kennedy said we have to work for the good of the american public. right. even if you drop the rhetoric about what s good for the american people, they know, republicans know, that this president, just take health care reform which they adamantly opposed. this president was giving them their party proposal back on a plate. that s not rhetoric. this was a republican plan for health care reform. when you talk about entitlement reforms, when they talk about entitlement reforms, this president has put them on the table. they should take a good offer when they see it. that s what s per plplexing abo
daughters spring break. breitbart first gave the specific location are to the girls earlier this week. then congressman steve king went there in an interview on automatic budget cuts. we have the president doing these things. he sent the daughters to spring break in mexico a year ago and that was at our expense, too, and now to the bleepds most expensive places there, that is the wrong image to be coming out of the white house. and sean hannity made sure to mention. and he goes off to play golf tiger and the girls are on spring break. so what if they are on spring break. it is despicable and careless. from the start, the white house has asked news outlets not to report on their children when they are not with their parents or there is no vital news
gave the specific location of where president obama s daughters are vacationing for spring break. as you can see, we blocked out that information on the screen. this is sleazy and reckless and it ignores the decade s old tradition what media outlets do not report on a president s minor children when they are not attending an official or semi-official event. it s done for security reasons. it s done to protect their privacy. but that hasn t stopped one tea party congressman steve king from jumping on the story. he blasted the president for letting his kids go on spring break while the country is dealing with automatic budget cuts. we ve got the president doing these things. he sent the daughters to spring break in mexico a year ago. that was at our expense, too. and now to, one of the most expensive places there.