<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Real Science]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[stevengoddard]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/author/stevengoddard/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Enough Money For A Million Dollar Golf Weekend, But Not Enough For The Marine Corps&nbsp;Band]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Obama has 30% more money in the current budget than Bush had in his largest budget, and plenty of money for million dollar golf weekends &#8211; but there isn&#8217;t enough money for a band performance.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Obama administration blamed sequester cuts for having to cancel a traditional Marine Corps Band performance Sunday at the St. Patricks Day parade in Rocky Point, N.Y.</p>
<p>“We’re political pawns,” Joe Cognitore, commander of the Rocky Point VFW Post, which co-sponsored the parade, told the New York Post.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/18/marine-bands-no-show-st-patricks-day-parade-blamed/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS">Marine Band&#8217;s no-show in St. Patrick&#8217;s Day parade blamed on sequester &#8211; Washington Times</a></p></blockquote>
<p>h/t to Dave G</p>
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