Pork Report December 1, 2009: Dollars For Donuts Edition
by The Pork ReportThe Senate earmarks $500,000 for itself; Money will be spent to promote Senators’ appearances
House of Representative’s expense reports now online
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spent $2,993 in taxpayer money on flowers in just a few months and House Majority Whip James Clyburn spent hundreds of dollars on donuts
Congress steers millions of taxpayer dollars to campaign donors’ pet projects including an earmark for “mammal awareness”
The Justice Department has instructed federal agencies to honor contracts with ACORN despite ban on funding passed by Congress and signed by the President
Federal Highway Administration paying to turn an old pool house into a museum relating to the history of transportation in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Medicare had paid as much as $92 million for services or equipment “prescribed” by dead doctors
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I got your mammal awareness right here. Take a good look around the room, you see those people? You are now aware of mammals, so where the hell is MY fedral grant money? FAIL!
Nouveau Noblesse Oblige
An excerpt from an April Blog:
The infamous character Gordon Gekko’s famous philosophy from the movie Wall Street was “greed is good.” The character and the movie were a reflection of the last time we the people broke out the pitchforks and torches to reign in the excesses of Wall Street. Apparently, the fashionable intelligentsia has a new, bold mantra with echoes of Gekko; “waste is good.” Alec MacGillis, writing in the Washington Post April 12, 2009, described this new philosophy perfectly. Not only is waste in government spending acceptable, it is righteous, patriotic even, especially if we are wasting the taxpayers money allocated for the stimulus package. Bully.
Waste is the Nouveau Noblesse Oblige.
For More:
http://thanksforthelaughs.wordpress.com/2009/04/1...
Lazy Jack
we not only can see her thousands on flowers…
she is the feeble vain type who needs constant adoration; the flowers deliver there. And Clyburn and donuts?
Have you seen the man? No doubt a pastry connossuer judging by his gut… probably bavarian 'creme' at Dunkin' Donuts (whipped lard to the uninititated)…
Here's one reason why Democrats are gonna get their clock cleaned in the Mid-Term elections next year: http://tinyurl.com/ygb4wry__
It is always good to see that our Government is being frugal as always. Imagine if they had to work for those hard earned donut and flower dollars that we have scrimped and saved for. Thanks Congress!
"President Obama has declared war on "earmarks," "
Those of you with earmarks might consider covering them for a little while. Sounds like Barry means business.
Senate earmarks $500,000 … spent to promote Senators’ appearances
The only way this will work is they buy a lot of beer and force us to drink it.
Personal favorite: AG Holder said it is OK to fund ACORN while the Congress, yes they actually did something right this year, all be it half assed, says don't fund ACORN. This ACORN crap keeps getting messier & messier. If the AG had common sense, he would prosecute them & SEIU & sacrifice them for "the Cause". They've all but admitted guilt & are in the progress of rebuilding, renaming & reorganizing any way.
Pelosi probably thinks she's doing good by spreading the wealth around to the florists. After all, we'll need a lot more florists to handle the flowers for all the funerals we'll be having for the victims of Obamacare. So start stimulating the industry early…
First there were dead people voting. Now we have dead people doctoring. Wouldn't it be great if there were dead people who'd pay all our bills?
I think Holder should be investigated. Hey Andrew, How about you take on that job:)?
You right wingers are nuts, what's wrong with mammary awareness?
I thought you were for breast exams?
Interesting blog. Wasn’t sure the govt had grant money left to give out.