Low-pork diet needed but no cure-all

The cover story in the Parade supplement in Sunday’s Eagle reported on some of the most egregious federal pork projects, including the infamous “bridge to nowhere” in Ketchikan, Alaska. It also had some good advice for how to get more involved in tracking and discouraging pork spending. But it also cautioned those who think that the federal budget problems would go away if we got rid of the pork: “If all pork programs were miraculously suspended, the total would pay for about 18 percent of the Gulf Coast recovery.”
Posted by Phillip Brownlee

9 Comments

  1. JUSTA GUY
    Posted November 8, 2005 at 6:44 am | Permalink

    Add the billions we’re foolishly wasting on trouble-making Israel and the cost of the Iraqi disaster and you’re almost home Phillip.

    Am I the only one who can’t get fired for saying that?—–
    Get rid of the Iraq mess. It is the biggest piece of pork in the barrel.

  2. TRACY
    Posted November 8, 2005 at 7:05 am | Permalink

    Ed, that’s it your fired.Step away from the keyboard and go home. Oh, you’re home now? Nevermind.BTW, since Brownback got an extra 10 million dollars hidden into a bill for the dysfunctional (and slated for closure)KAAP, would that be considered pork?I think we need about 10mil for Kansas avalanche prevention.

  3. Joe Williams
    Posted November 8, 2005 at 8:38 am | Permalink

    It always smells like bacon in D.C.

    Unfortunantly the taxpayers just gets the greese.

  4. TRACY
    Posted November 8, 2005 at 8:45 am | Permalink

    Is that stuff similar to grease?

  5. Brian
    Posted November 8, 2005 at 10:11 am | Permalink

    Crawling in the dirtAnd for all the little piggiesLife is getting worseAlways having dirt to play around in.

    Have you seen the bigger piggiesIn their starched white shirtsYou will find the bigger piggiesStirring up the dirtAlways have clean shirts to play around in.

    In their styes with all their backingThey don’t care what goes on aroundIn their eyes there’s something lackingWhat they need’s a damn good whacking.

    Everywhere there’s lots of piggiesLiving piggy livesYou can see them out for dinnerWith their piggy wivesClutching forks and knives to eat their bacon.

    George Harrison

  6. TRACY
    Posted November 8, 2005 at 10:20 am | Permalink

    “Pojama People” by Frank Zappa would also be appropriate.

  7. Damoon
    Posted November 8, 2005 at 5:52 pm | Permalink

    That’s it, lets replace the politicians and school board members with muscians and rock stars, they certainly can’t mess things up any worse than they already are!

  8. Brian
    Posted November 9, 2005 at 4:17 am | Permalink

    Maybe, but bodybuilders and pro wrestlers can !!

  9. Jed
    Posted November 12, 2005 at 2:54 pm | Permalink

    Amazing how all that pork can turn a congressman into a chicken!