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2009-02-26 Home Front: Politix

House Approves $410 Billion Spending Bill

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Posted by Fred 2009-02-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Among the earmarks was one sponsored by Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., who secured $200,000 for a "tattoo removal violence outreach program" in Los Angeles. Aides said the money would pay for a tattoo removal machine that could help gang members or others shed visible signs of their past, and anyone benefiting would be required to perform community service.

Now that's a damn good idea.

Posted by Rednek Jim 2009-02-26 01:41|| 2009-02-26 01:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Spending is the Problem.

Posted by newc">newc 2009-02-26 06:01|| 2009-02-26 06:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Here's a potential tatoo removal customer.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-26 07:26|| 2009-02-26 07:26|| Front Page Top

#4 quote from website
I always wanted one from the first time I saw one. I thought of other stuff, but Im a young person whos interested in politics and whats going on, and I thought, Why not
Answer, because you've now branded yourself both Democat and loser (When the next election comes around and the Democratic party Vanishes from the political Stage)

Good enough reason? Don't think It'll happen, ask the Whigs.

Posted by Rednek Jim 2009-02-26 09:04|| 2009-02-26 09:04|| Front Page Top

#5 IIUC, removing or otherwise defacing a gang stamp is severly punished and/or death penalty.

If the plan is indeed to fix the economy, its like watching 3am drunk Jenga.

I would like to see the President required to sign each and every earmark and addition to every bill. Get some old WWF commentators for CSpan to broadcast the President signing 8,570 times. "As we know the President cannot sign bills under the new law until the beginning of the next month and only has 6 hours to sign them all with 2 30 minute breaks and 3 10 minute time-outs, but I don't know Mean Gene this one's a bigger than a square of Andre's toilet paper, looks like he's getting tired, hand is starting to cramp - uh oh he switched to the other hand..is that even a legal move? The sweat is pouring and we aren't even a third of the way through this bill." That would definately stimulate the beer and pretzel industry out here.

Posted by swksvolFF 2009-02-26 12:50|| 2009-02-26 12:50|| Front Page Top

#6 To paraphrase Evert Dirkson, "A trillion here, a trillion there... pretty soon it adds up to real money". The Dems or really something. In just 30 days, a trillion dollars has become chump change.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-02-26 17:36|| 2009-02-26 17:36|| Front Page Top

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