Funded!!!! Obama caved!!!

Just don't sign up and take the fine at the end of the year...

Case closed!!!...

The chair was ordered for Fort Belvoir in Virginia, the site of many of President Obama's local golf outings. The classification is "Furniture," so it is not clear if the chair is intended as a rehabilitation tool, or just a relaxation aid.

Problem is, even if you never have a serious accident, you will very likely require significant medical care in the later years of your life. Even if you turn down the majority of the options, you are going to need care you won't be able to pay for.

Unless you've got a nice little nest egg for just such an occasion, you need to take some personal responsibility (like most of us) and get yourself insured.

The NARCO - Fort Belvoir requires the following items, Brand Name or Equal, to the following:
LI 001: Black OSAKI OS-6000 Leather Deluxe Massage Chair
? Relaxation chair with massage cababilities ? Recline functions for recumbent positions ? Ability for zero gravity position ? Multi-roller capabilities ? At least 30 air bags around the neck, arms, legs, back, hands, and feet ? Automatic and manual vibration programs ? Controller for adjusting programs and settings ? Various methods of massage including: rolling, tapping, and kneading ? Various massage speed settings ? Auto-timer ? Adjustable footrest ? MP3 music integration

Zero Gravity positions you back to minimize pressure along the spine. The chair is equipped with twin rollers to mimic the feel of human thumbs & Fingers, enhancing the massage experience. MP3 player with Music sync with two speakers in the backrest. LED light in the side panel create one kind of nice environment. Designed with a set of S-track movable intelligent massage robot, special focus on the neck, shoulder and lumbar massage according to body curve. Uses twin rollers to mimic the feel of the human thumb, thereby enhancing the massage experience. 51 air bags around the neck, shoulder, back, seat, arms, palms, soles for extra comfort as it cradles the body like a glove for increased massage effectiveness. Automatically detect the whole body curve as well as make micro adjustments, which brings more humanistic and scientific massage enjoyment. Six unique auto programs: Anti-stress, Stretching, Full Air and more! Automatic massage for the upper body (the shoulder, neck, back and the lumbar); the lower body (buttock, thigh, calves and the feet). Manual massage for the upper body with three options, namely Full, Partial and Spot options; Six methods, namely Polling, Kneading, Tapping, Clapping, Shiatsu, Swedish with five levels of speed, intensity and three kinds of width adjustable respectively. The buttocks vibration massage offers air bubble-like massage to your skin through gentle rhythmic vibration that helps eliminate weariness and improve overall health. The footrest can be extended for various heights between 59" to 75", It comes complete with an auto-sensor button to scan the soles for a comfortable fit and extend its leg-rest to accommodate various heights. The LCD displayer with wireless mini-controller. Auto-timer 5-30 minutes options
Zero Gravity Design: ? Most ergonomically correct inclining position, taking all the burden of gravity off your spine. It cradles you like a baby and leaves you feeling weightless and deeply released ? Helps relieve back pressure - Helps reduce muscle tension ? Helps correct spinal alignment ? Helps expand lung capacity ? Helps decrease stress on the heart, 1, EA;

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The National Park Service has ordered the closure of a Virginia park that sits on federal land, even though the government provides no resources for its maintenance or operation.

The Claude Moore Colonial Farm announced on Wednesday that NPS has ordered it to suspend operations until Congress agrees to a deal to fund the federal government.

According to Anna Eberly, managing director of the farm, NPS sent law enforcement agents to the park on Tuesday evening to remove staff and volunteers from the property.

“You do have to wonder about the wisdom of an organization that would use staff they don’t have the money to pay to evict visitors from a park site that operates without costing them any money,” she said.

The park withstood prior government shutdowns, noting in a news release that the farm will be closed to the public for the first time in 40 years.

“In previous budget dramas, the Farm has always been exempted since the NPS provides no staff or resources to operate the Farm,” Eberly explained in an emailed statement.

“In all the years I have worked with the National Park Service … I have never worked with a more arrogant, arbitrary and vindictive group representing the NPS,” Eberly said.

The farm is an historical reenactment site, which “authentically portrays the life of an 18th Century American family building a life on the nearer edges of civilized society,” according to its website.

Farm staff repeatedly asked the NPS to allow the farm to remain open. “Every appeal our Board of Directors made to the NPS administration was denied,” Eberly said.

She called the decision “utter crap.”

“We have operated the Farm successfully for 32 years after the NPS cut the Farm from its budget in 1980 and are fully staffed and prepared to open today. But there are barricades at the Pavilions and entrance to the Farm,” Eberly explained.

Previous federal funding battles have threatened the farm’s operations. A group of citizens in 1980 formed the Friends of Turkey Run Farm, established a $500,000 endowment for the farm, and negotiated a 30-year no-fee lease.

According to Eberly’s statement, farm staff have been in contact with Reps. Frank Wolf (R., Va.) and Jim Moran (D., Va.) in an attempt to reverse NPS’ decision. Neither congressman returned a request for comment.

News of the farm closure comes as controversy rages over the closure of the World War II memorial on the National Mall.

WWII veterans in Washington as part of the Honor Flight Network stormed the memorial on Tuesday, defying NPS, which insisted that the memorial was legally closed.

More Honor Flight veterans showed up on Wendesday, flanked by members of Congress from both parties. Republican members blamed Democrats for the memorial’s closure, and vice versa.

Some speculated that the decision to close the memorial was part of a concerted effort by the administration to play up the consequences of the shutdown in an effort to convince congressional Republicans to agree to a funding bill without preconditions.

That tactic is known as the Washington Monument Strategy, in reference to efforts by Nixon administration officials to inflate the consequences of budget cuts at the time

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