Even the suggestion that Obama still wants to pursue earmark reform prompted pushback from a top House Democrat. "I don't think the White House has the ability to tell us what to do," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., defiantly told … [Read more...]
Palin’s porky $26 million Gravina road to nowhere
Joyously cross-posted at Red Mass Group. Sarah Palin was for the Bridge to Nowhere (linking Gravina Island to Ketchikan) before she was against it. The access road is another story. According to the LA Times, the death of the … [Read more...]
A “no brainer” for Hillary
Timing is everything they say! Clinton turns attention to observatory in Puerto Rico Jeannette Rivera-lyles | Sentinel Staff Writer April 25, 2008 The financially strapped Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has a new patron in New York … [Read more...]
Conservatism: Spreading The Disease
It's not just that the conservatives made a mistake about Ab-Only--it is that the conservatives' goal was never to reduce disease, never to fight the viruses and bacteria that parasitically destroy people's health. The goal was pork for … [Read more...]
Clinton Dynasty & Federal Pork (2.2 Billion)
Hillary Clinton Reigns as Queen of Federal Pork By Kevin Hassett Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats came into power this year promising meaningful earmark reform to a U.S. electorate that was rightly disgusted with Congress's free-spending … [Read more...]
Travaglini and DiMasi show True Blue Spirit
If the front page story in Globe today can be believed, Robert E. Travaglini and to a less extent Sal DiMasi showed the type of true blue spirit (of the kind that killed the Clean Elections Law and hasn't let IRV see the light of day) … [Read more...]