Denver Airport

[Avi]

More info related to disaster management/URS/DIA

J. Blum at CBO and R. Blum at URS? Researching disaster allocations and FEMA "inception" and came across this:

CBO
TESTIMONY

Statement of
James L. Blum
Deputy Director
Congressional Budget Office

on
Budgeting for Emergency Spending

before the
Task Force on Budget Process
Committee on the Budget
U.S. House of Representatives

June 23, 1998

NOTICE
This statement is not available for public release until it is delivered at 1:00 p.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, June 23, 1998.


Mr. Chairman, Congressman Cardin, and members of the Task Force, thank you for inviting me to testify today on the issue of budgeting for emergency spending. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) was asked to review the current budgetary treatment of emergency spending, highlight recent trends in emergency and supplemental appropriations, and discuss various options for changing the way policymakers budget for emergencies. In particular, we were asked to evaluate the idea of a separate reserve fund for emergencies.

My testimony today will make the following points:

* For the past decade or so, policymakers have explicitly acknowledged the value of a budgetary "safety valve" for emergency spending.

* Under the current practice for funding emergency needs, most emergency spending is provided in supplemental appropriations as emergencies arise, thereby putting a premium on Congressional control over advance planning.

* Since the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 was passed, the Congress has generally offset all nonemergency supplemental appropriations with rescissions. Since 1994, the Congress has offset certain emergency supplementals as well.

* Various options for changing the budgetary treatment of emergencies, including a reserve fund, may highlight emergency needs more effectively and improve planning. However, those changes could make it more difficult to respond to emergencies and could diminish Congressional control.

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=591&type=0

Hope these threads come together at some point, preparing an article...more I dig,more I find.

 

[jeff]

And, back in the news today ramping up the creepiness factor - A new sculpture has been placed outside DIA - considering what we've learned about 'nightmares' and comets - and that this horse has eyes that glow bright red - - what's up with this?

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_8234829?source=rss

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/feb/12/mustang-ready-rise-dia/

the links provided show it at night with the oh so lovely glowing red eyes....

And now they've placed another sculpture which represents Anubis, the Egyptian god of death !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPb4mZp9a2o

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=140192&catid=339

DIA's blue 'Mustang' has big competition
posted by Dan Boniface 2 days ago


DENVER - Ever since it was first installed at Denver International Airport, the 32-foot-tall blue "Mustang" has been the talk of the town, but a new addition is sure to get plenty of attention.
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A crew is installing a seven-ton, 26-foot-tall concrete sculpture of an Egyptian god at the airport.

Anubis, a statue with a jackal-head, will be built south of the Jeppesen Terminal.

Although part of the lore of the 9,000-pound "Mustang" is that its creator, Luis Jiménez, was tragically killed while making the piece, Anubis may be even more notorious. He's the Egyptian god of death and the afterlife.

It's being put in to preview the Denver Art Museum's King Tut exhibit.

The exhibit runs June 29 through Jan. 9, 2011, and Anubis will be standing guard during that time.

 

[anart]

Hi Jeff,

This is being discussed here - http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=18090.msg167255#msg167255

 

[Erna]

The other day we were up in Keystone, Colorado, and walked into a shop selling bags and t-shirts with this picture on them:

As if it's not creepy enough already...

 

[1984]

The other day we were up in Keystone, Colorado, and walked into a shop selling bags and t-shirts with this picture on it:

As if it's not creepy enough already...

That really is creepy - and the airplane looks as if it's crashing from the horse's 'evil eye rays'. :D

 

[Windmill knight]

The other day we were up in Keystone, Colorado, and walked into a shop selling bags and t-shirts with this picture on it:

I know it is creepy but I just had to laugh! I mean, is the evil horse knocking down an airplane with rays coming out from its eyes? Maybe the designers of the bags & t-shirts meant it as a joke?

 

[1984]

I know it is creepy but I just had to laugh! I mean, is the evil horse knocking down an airplane with rays coming out from its eyes? Maybe the designers of the bags & t-shirts meant it as a joke?

Better yet, perhaps the evil eye rays are actually 'good evil eye rays' to ensure all planes land safely - but only with the help of the Blue Guardian.

 

[Jacques]

I know it is creepy but I just had to laugh! I mean, is the evil horse knocking down an airplane with rays coming out from its eyes? Maybe the designers of the bags & t-shirts meant it as a joke?

Better yet, perhaps the evil eye rays are actually 'good evil eye rays' to ensure all planes land safely - but only with the help of the Blue Guardian.

Or maybe it is that Blue Guardian who made the airplane disappears in the 9/11 event.

 

[Bluestar]

And what does the slogan "Colorful Colorado" have to do with the design? My first take was that the horse was laser raying the plane down. And the horse is in attack mode for sure.

Agree with indmill Knight, it could be a joke.

 

[Tigersoap]

I guess the graphic designer was having a bad day

[quote author=Angry and not paid enough graphic designer] Beautiful colorado !!?? Beautiful !! I'll show them how beautiful it is !! Zap zap !! Lazer eyes !! HAHAHAuuurrmmmiiipschhhhh....[/quote]

EDIT : Why on earth did I write beautiful instead of colourful :|...must be the EE :D

 

[Bluestar]

I guess the graphic designer was having a bad day

[quote author=Angry and not paid enough graphic designer] Beautiful colorado !!?? Beautiful !! I'll show them how beautiful it is !! Zap zap !! Lazer eyes !! HAHAHAuuurrmmmiiipschhhhh....

[/quote]

 

[anart]

It's definitely a joke... I think. 'Colorful Colorado' is the state slogan, though I have no earthly idea why.

 

[Erna]

I also think it was meant as a joke.

Funny thing, saw a girl walking past today with a t-shirt like this...odd, first time we've seen it since we saw it at the shop...on the same day I posted it on the forum. :/

 

[Ca.]

If You go to the Denver International Airport, some travel information of what this modern facility offers and an interesting statement, made at it's conclusion. Notice, the comforting assurance, in the narrator's voice that one should have no worries.

How Well Do You Know Denver International Airport?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SozostXMn2o&feature=related

Also a navigational guide of its layout, and what a great place this is.
http://www.youtube.com/user/DenversAirport

Beneath the Surface of the Denver Airport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DcmsFYOC74&NR=1

There's Some Goings on at the Denver Airport! Mark my WORD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C9z7eJ2ViU

Re-Hash of D.I.A.
Denver Airport Conspiracy Theory: A Documentary (part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjjIy1DO0gs

Denver Airport Conspiracy Theory: A Documentary (part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL2vnxVIH_0&NR=1

 

[Aaron r]

This is a bit of a long shot but could the horse statue represent the Orion beings? There is a horsehead nebula in the Orion constellation. The red eye colour and blue body of the statue seem to be quite similar to the Orion constellation reds and blues in pictures of it. Like people say it is just plain creepy. Could it be one of those hidden in plain sight things?