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Despite Pledges, Stimulus Has Some Pork
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The Proliferation of "Pork"
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The Morning Scramble (Part 1) - 2/10/2009
No Runny Eggs —
... Ed Morrissey can’t believe that The News Organization That Cannot Be Quoted™ isn’t buying the “no pork in this Generational Theft Act” line of Bravo Sierra. ...
The F-22: Cheaper Jobs Than the Stimulus, and Military Improvement to Boot
Patterico's Pontifications —
... Time will tell. But as I say here, buying another 20 planes might keep almost 100,000 Americans from losing work — and it would strengthen our military capacity. Sounds at least as good as a new overpass in Elkhart, Indiana. ...
Digesting Obama
Right Soup —
... us to volunteer doing community service. These were just tossed out, with no details on what our Dear Leader is going to use to make this happen. Of course he lied about no “earmarks” in the Porkulus, (because it IS one giant Sows-Ear Mark) and said his budget for 2010 has no earmarks…conveniently leaving out this year’s appropriations bill coming in two days, $400 billion with 9000 earmarks. Very disingenuous, Barry. Nice sleight of hand. Too bad the AP sees right through it. ...
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FACT CHECK: Obama has it both ways on pork
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news.yahoo.com 2/10/2009 — AP - At least Route 31 is a road to somewhere. President Barack Obama had it both ways Monday when he promoted his stimulus plan in Indiana and later at a prime-time news conference. He bragged in Indiana about getting Congress to produce a ...
Court Rejects Obama Bid to Stop Wiretapping Suit
nytimes.com 2/28/2009 — WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration has lost its argument that a potential threat to national security should stop a lawsuit challenging the government's warrantless wiretapping program.
Support for Pork Bill Collapsing
powerlineblog.com 2/5/2009 — Today's Rasmussen survey indicates that support for the Obama administration's pork-infested spending bill is going up in smoke: currently only 37% favor the measure while 43% oppose it. Here is the downward trend:
Even worse, perhaps, is the ...
Obama beats early retreat on promise to fight pork
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news.yahoo.com 3/3/2009 — AP - Despite campaign promises to take a machete to lawmakers' pet projects, President Barack Obama is quietly caving to funding nearly 8,000 of them this year, drawing a stern rebuke Monday from his Republican challenger in last fall's election.
“Pork” Bailout Bill Could Ban Guns for Millions of Americans
gunowners.org 2/12/2009 — “HR 1 is about more than just pork. Millions of gun owners stand to lose their gun rights without any due process.” Larry Pratt, GOA Executive Director Wednesday, February 11, 2009 The Obama administration is putting a lot of pressure on Congress to ...
Earmarks Or Pork?
thehopeforamerica.com 3/6/2009 — Neil Cavuto explains where your tax dollars are going
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