Pork Report November 20, 2009: B-I-N-G-O Edition
by The Pork ReportU.S. Department of Justice funds spent on “Bingo Nights” in Ohio
Who wants $1.5 million in stimulus funds? Apparently, no one.
$25,000 stimulus grant will provide a week of “free” concerts in Sacramento
Less than one percent of Columbus commuters ride bikes, but more than a half-a-million dollars of federal stimulus funds to add downtown bike facilities
Hollywood’s Elegance International makeup school getting a $80,000 stimulus grant and Wild Boar Media, which “writes and dreams up new animation, stories, comics and toys” receives $50,000 in stimulus assistance
Congress long ago earmarked $87 million for a commuter rail line in Georgia, but the state has spent little of the money
Federal program intended to help disabled veterans awarded at least $100 million in contracts to firms that were either ineligible or committed fraud to obtain the funds
Non-profit’s salaries consume much of federal grant intended to reward teachers
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There are many things to be infuriated about regarding this waste of taxpayer's money, but the most tragic thing is that spending taxpayer's money in the private sector costs more jobs than it saves. Post-1929, politicians elevated this to an art form. We see the teachers at the ersatz school, but what we don't see is the efficiency with which the money, had it remained in the private sector, would have created jobs. The unemployment levels will continue until the stimulus madness stops.
DOJ Bingo night? Response sent to one Senator (the other one is an Obama sycophant and could care less about votes as long as her nose is you know where – and she courts the Obama monarchy)
F-1, I-8, R-7, E-3 H-9, O-7, L-6, D-2, E-2, R-5 A-4, S-9, A-1, P, 6 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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There's always B-I-N-G-O, the childhood song… here's my version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot0OyJBkGow
32% Inflation in UCLA Tuition Causes Near Riots
Liberals Finally got what they asked for
http://myfreepress.net/blog/post/Jason/2009/11/32...
Do the math, Sorros + Podesta + Obama = AmeriKa
There is so much corruption in this thing that it truly boggles the mind, it's apparent that the stimulus money was never intended for anything other than draining the treasury further, and weakening the dollar, Obama could care less where it goes or how it's spent as long as it's increases the debt.
Sorro's likes that since he trades on currency and hates America, Obama started his campaign with a fund raiser at Sorro's house, Podesta is Sorros brain, Podesta hates America as well, argh
I want my country back, I served it, I paid for it, and I wont let some nazi, pervert, and man-puppet take it away from my kids.
I think the Bingo thing is a cover up. A few months ago I was doing some reserach on Obama's campaign and from what I recall they spent a lot of money with a company that said it produced Bingo supplies. I wish I could remember the name!
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The bike lobby is strong primarily because it is "green". Politicians will bend over backwards for any "green" spending. More and more transportation money is spent on biking yet the number of bikers hasn't really increased any in most cities and in many, it has declined.
It took me a good fifteen minutes to stop the tears of joy knowing that Columbus is going to build 'end of ride' facilities for the oppressed bike commuters. I see another Nobel Prize in somebody's future for this one.
Seven Million missing jobs, all thanks to your government’s expansion.
My back of the napkin calculations after three sudsy beverages shows that the extreme growth of government spending as a percent of GDP may have cost the U.S. taxpayer 7.5 million jobs from 1993 until 2008.
But, of course, the solution to our economic woes is more government spending. I mean, as a percent of GDP it will only be 45% of GDP this year when you count federal, state, and local largesse. I just saw an image of Fidel Castro in the head of my beer, I think I might faint.
For more see:
http://thanksforthelaughs.wordpress.com/2009/11/2...
Lazy Jack
USSR here we come…im back in the USSR dont know how lucky you are boy, back in the u.s., back in the ussr
Wake up america! The fox is in the hen house and the farmer is sleeping down at the bar! Our elected officals and bureaucrats don't give a damn how much money is wasted as long as they get theirs! Earmarks and hand outs like the teachers incentives is just anoither vote buying scheme! Wake Up! Washington is filled with &^$#@#%^% lairs and thieves! We need to clean house NOW! vote out every last incumbant.
Investigate every last one of the SOB's and jail every last one that has ethic difficulties. Which I'm sure you'll find that they all do! I don't suggest we use their idea of ethics but our idea! they have convoluted the idea of ethic to the point that you can do almost anything under your offical duites title and get away with it. Murder is about all you can't do offically as a Washington elected offical! Wale Up America! they live by the double standard they have created themselves and provide ofr themselve the benefits that we'll never see. Why? Because they got elected! They think they are above the law, above morals and above us! These SOB's work for us and its about time we explained to them in clear simple langauge. YOUR FIRED! Wake Up america! Take back your country before they enslave you!
Obama's track record with vets has been less than stellar. Obviously he needs to make up for all the bad press so why not give money to help them? Unfortunately, pork like this is even worse than the all the points they make veterans to obtain a VA loan.
Nice post. I’ve subscribed to the RSS. Grants are still not easy to find, no?