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Pork - Time To Belly Up To The Public Trough
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 07:53:59 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
They really ought to add one more thing to those two certainties in life (death and taxes) - Congressional pork. Because, here it is 2008, the second session of the 110th Congress, and Congressmen and Senators are still inserting self-serving items into the federal budget. Back when budget earmarks were only costing the US taxpayer millions rather than billions of dollars, the projects were quietly slipped into the budget and funded.
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Is It Pork If The Money Goes To Celebrate Mules?
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Sat Nov 03, 2007 at 09:54:22 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Just what this country needs - a museum dedicated to the offspring of a jackass and a mare. But, if US Representative Buck McKeon (R - CA) gets his way, Congress will soon be spending at least (US)$50,000 to "explore the possibility of building" a Mule Museum. Bishop, California (oddly enough in McKeon's district) does love it mules enough to officially celebrate Mule Days, so why not a museum to study and recognize them? It be that way down in Washington, DC these days as the 110th Congress gets set to celebrate the beginning of Pork Days.
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