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Senator flags $1.3 billion as gov't waste

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Posted by Fred 2008-12-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Meh, I recall the original Plugs. Plugs Proxmire, another Demo I sometimes miss.

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#2 Only $1.3 billion in waste? Just replace the 'b' with 'tr' and you're in the ballpark, senator. Still in the infield, of course.

Posted by PBMcL 2008-12-13 10:31|| 2008-12-13 10:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Various federal agencies spent $167,290 for portrait paintings of Cabinet officers.
bailout for artists

The federal Institute of Museums and Library Sciences awarded a $3,905 grant to the public library in Westfield, Ind., for the purchase of a Nintendo Wii console, a television, a camcorder and games.
bailout for circuit city

The Agriculture Department gave $298,068 to an Idaho farmer to help him advertise and market his specialty potatoes sold mainly to high-end restaurants.
bailout for "call in Gay" day

The Small Business Administration guaranteed $82 million in loans for 331 liquor stores, including Spanky's Liquor World and Pistol Pete's Beef N' Beer.
anesthestising the masses

Five members of Congress spent nearly $22,000 to stay three nights at a luxury hotel on the Galapagos Islands, the South American archipelago where Charles Darwin mulled his theory of evolution. That figure doesn't include the cost of the Air Force jet placed at their disposal.
for $250,000,000 we can send all of them down for a year

Posted by DoDo 2008-12-13 12:39|| 2008-12-13 12:39|| Front Page Top

#4 "for $250,000,000 we can send all of them down for a year"
That would be worth it.

Posted by Darrell 2008-12-13 14:59|| 2008-12-13 14:59|| Front Page Top

#5 $188,000 to research Maine lobsters

No word as to how much was earmarked for Wisconsin butter to be drawn and used with the primary study material?

Posted by eLarson 2008-12-13 16:32|| 2008-12-13 16:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Ima thinkrn a refusal to loan to Spanky's Liquor World would be unAmerican

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-12-13 16:36|| 2008-12-13 16:36|| Front Page Top

#7 which 5 assholes flew to the galapagos and why? They need to be impeached.

Posted by Hupeper aka Broadhead6 2008-12-13 16:46|| 2008-12-13 16:46|| Front Page Top

#8 How 'bout the billions Paulson is in the process of flushing down the toilet. Followed by the TRILLION Obama wants to flush. The whole country is headed for Chapter 11.

Posted by DMFD 2008-12-13 18:01|| 2008-12-13 18:01|| Front Page Top

#9 "For $250,000,000 we can send all of them down for a year."

Now that would be money well spent!*

*As long as they have to stay there.

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