Comments on: Conservatives lead in earmarks. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:57:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: pluege http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-4709990 pluege Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:42:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/#comment-4709990 <em>Conservatives lead in earmarks.</em> Conservatives also lead in hypocrisy. . Conservatives lead in earmarks.

Conservatives also lead in hypocrisy.
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]]> By: RantingTommy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-4709722 RantingTommy Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:23:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/#comment-4709722 Those damned big government Republicans. Those damned big government Republicans.

]]> By: Freedom Rebel http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-4709030 Freedom Rebel Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:40:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/#comment-4709030 <em>$500,000 by House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) for unspecified upgrades to Barracks Row, an upscale neighborhood eight blocks from the U.S. Capitol Building. Rep. Lewis felt it necessary to appropriate funds even though the Barracks Row website claims “business is booming.” Lewis stated, “…the return on the federal investment is difficult to measure, but it’s truly immeasurable in my mind’s eye.” The picture becomes clearer when one learns that Rep. Lewis’wife, who is also his chief of staff, owns a residence four blocks from Barracks Row.</em> WoW is anyone surprised!!! I love the way they try to justify taking our money and blowing it.. $500,000 by House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member
Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) for unspecified upgrades to Barracks Row, an upscale neighborhood eight blocks from the U.S. Capitol Building. Rep. Lewis felt it necessary to appropriate funds even though the Barracks Row website claims “business is booming.” Lewis stated, “…the return on the federal investment is difficult to measure, but it’s truly immeasurable in my mind’s eye.” The picture becomes
clearer when one learns that Rep. Lewis’wife, who is also his chief of staff, owns a residence four blocks from Barracks Row.

WoW is anyone surprised!!! I love the way they try to justify taking our money and blowing it..

]]> By: KayInMaine http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-4708906 KayInMaine Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:30:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/#comment-4708906 Republican Pigs can't survive without federal pork. Republican Pigs can’t survive without federal pork.

]]> By: Freedom Rebel http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-4708732 Freedom Rebel Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:15:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/#comment-4708732 <em>$7,556,660 for grape and wine research. There is no pressing need for taxpayers to pay for this research. $4,840,875 for wood utilization research in 10 states requested by nine representatives and 16 senators. Among the research areas is “refinement of processing technology for laminated veneer lumber for furniture, flooring, and other specialty industries.” As if no one has ever done that before. This research has cost taxpayers $90.8 million since 1985.</em> To think all that money could have been used to improve our Education System. Money that the Feds keeping cutting back on. What a waste and what a tradegy. $7,556,660 for grape and wine research. There is no pressing need for taxpayers to pay for this research.
$4,840,875 for wood utilization research in 10 states requested by nine representatives and 16 senators. Among the research areas is “refinement of processing technology for laminated veneer lumber for furniture, flooring, and other specialty industries.” As if no one has ever done that before. This research has cost taxpayers $90.8
million since 1985.

To think all that money could have been used to improve our Education System. Money that the Feds keeping cutting back on. What a waste and what a tradegy.

]]> By: Doc Rock http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-4708564 Doc Rock Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:07:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/#comment-4708564 <strong>Debt Service!</strong> Debt Service!

]]> By: Doc Rock http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-4708532 Doc Rock Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:05:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/#comment-4708532 Well, they are the <em>Tom-Delay-you-gotta-pay-to-play </em>people and they need to deliver for their pay, don't they? <strong>You gotta problem with that?</strong> Well, they are the Tom-Delay-you-gotta-pay-to-play people and they need to deliver for their pay, don’t they? You gotta problem with that?

]]> By: Keith http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-4707074 Keith Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:27:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/#comment-4707074 CNN's The Situation Room said a Democratic congressman got a $3 million program for "youth golf" inside the Defense bill. But across the screen, they had a HUGE "$3,000,000,000", which of course is not 3 millon, but 3 BILLION! CNN’s The Situation Room said a Democratic congressman got a $3 million program for “youth golf” inside the Defense bill. But across the screen, they had a HUGE “$3,000,000,000″, which of course is not 3 millon, but 3 BILLION!

]]> By: Above the Clouds http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-4706790 Above the Clouds Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:06:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/#comment-4706790 Aren't the new, Bush/Rove-era GOP/Republican/conservative values, "war, death, debt, big government, and party over country?" Aren’t the new, Bush/Rove-era GOP/Republican/conservative values, “war, death, debt, big government, and party over country?”

]]> By: freedom lover http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-4706692 freedom lover Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:01:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/#comment-4706692 conservatives lead in earmarks, lies, treason, racism, ignorance, bigotry, misogyny, thievery, perversion, pedophilia, corruption, fearmongering, mass-murder, rape, and shitty taste in clothing. conservatives lead in earmarks, lies, treason, racism, ignorance, bigotry, misogyny, thievery, perversion, pedophilia, corruption, fearmongering, mass-murder, rape, and shitty taste in clothing.

]]> By: blue state bob http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-4706600 blue state bob Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:56:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/#comment-4706600 Just like the red states, they are the welfare recipients who ask me to pay their bills. Just like the red states, they are the welfare recipients who ask me to pay their bills.

]]> By: woodguy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-4706542 woodguy Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:49:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/conservatives-lead-in-earmarks/#comment-4706542 Yup. Cost of war in 2008 almost 9 times that of pork. Of course what isn't mentioned is the pork is for the whole year and the $177B for the war is for three months and counting, most of it off budget and coming from your Social Security account and China. Yup. Cost of war in 2008 almost 9 times that of pork. Of course what isn’t mentioned is the pork is for the whole year and the $177B for the war is for three months and counting, most of it off budget and coming from your Social Security account and China.

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