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The congressional spending bill that past just before legislators went on their 4th Vaca increased pork spending by 122%. Fantastic!

Seems like yet again the feds think they can spend your money better than you can. Thanks Washington!

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This represents a 5 percent increase in number of projects, but a whopping 122 percent increase in dollar amounts over the FY 2008 version, which had 1,305 earmarks costing $277.9 million. The top three porkers were Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii), $168.5 million; Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), $161.3 million; and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.), $148.5 million.
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McCain: zero earmarks

Obama: $740 millionin earmark requests the last 3 years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/us...4campaign.html

He can't be Muslim, because he sure does love that PORK!!!

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None of those come close to the pork sent straight to Halliburton.
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None of those come close to the pork sent straight to Halliburton.
Where is the figure? Post a link if you got it. Otherwise your talking about nothing.

Don't get me wrong the Republicans spent like drunken sailors, but I didn't think they could be outdone... clearly I'm wrong.
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Where is the figure? Post a link if you got it. Otherwise your talking about nothing.

Don't get me wrong the Republicans spent like drunken sailors, but I didn't think they could be outdone... clearly I'm wrong.
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None of those come close to the pork sent straight to Halliburton.

Cheney donated about $6 million in Halliburton deferred comp to charity.

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Cheney donated about $6 million in Halliburton deferred comp to charity.

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I am talking the big pork...the bill for Iraq. (but you knew that)
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Sorry, thought this thread was about Cindy McCain...


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Sorry, thought this thread was about Cindy McCain...


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No sir. But it is about your tax dollars being wasted. I guess that's ok with you though.
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No sir. But it is about your tax dollars being wasted. I guess that's ok with you though.

It's hard for me to get upset over a few million$, when the GOP has borrowed and spent trillions.
Hell, just the interest we pay on Bush's national debt is $250 billion a year.
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