Exactly, which coincidentally was where we were headed afterwards! LOL!

We had a reality check last week we stopped in a Burger King to grab a quick lunch, and for the two of us with two medium combo Whopper meals it was almost $27.

I think it snapped his spine.

Ugh. Politico = Over

What was your Colt-name?

Ha Ha ha!! This is great!

Where are you supposed to plug anything in? Under that cabinet?

Yep. They are still going to get the blame for it, though.

Multiply this over hundreds of other contractors, with thousands of civilian employees that are experiencing the same sudden contraction of funds and we're headed for really tough times. So buckle up buttercups, it's going to be a bumpy ride. /end

I have already heard anecdotally of many, many smaller consulting companies with contracts that were suddenly cancelled that have not been able to make payroll and have either closed or severely cut-back. /5

...essentially stop spending money now. This represents hundreds plane trips that will not be taken, hundreds of hotel stays in cities near you that will not occur, meals that will not be eaten in your local restaurants, swag that will not be purchased, etc., etc., etc. /4

They have been very quiet about the effects of the federal workforce cuts. Yesterday, we got an directive from the Top to curtail all un-authorized travel, non-business related expenditure (team meals out, office parties, etc.), no conferences or external training - /3

in your corner of Methmouth, Pennsyltucky yet, but they will - soon. Here's how. My company is a large contracting company that gets most of it's revenue from IT Consulting for the federal defense sector, we're around 45K people world-wide. /2

This was sick making