Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Understanding Stimulus

[Rick (Forza355]

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From: "Dan Warlick" <edwf430 [at] att.net>
To: "Rich" <rich355 [at] comcast.net>
Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Understanding Stimulus


> Now that's funny right there.......... I don't care who you 
> are............

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This is funny too, if it were'nt so maddening.
Pork-a-Palooza. Here is Some of What Obama's Stimulus Bill Is Spending Your 
Tax Dollars On.
By PUMA Pundit . February 23, 2009

Hill staffer Tom Jones is going through the omnibus spending bill with a 
fine-tooth comb, and Twittering his earmark findings, including:

* $200,000 for "Tattoo Removal Violence Prevention Outreach Program," pg. 
283;

*Maine lobster earmark in the omnibus, pg. 173;

*$5.8 million earmark for the "Ted Kennedy Institute for the Senate.for the 
planning and design of a building & an endowment," pg. 232;

*and National Council of La Raza, $473,000 earmark from Sens. Bingaman and 
Menendez, pg. 212.

a $75K earmark pg304 » link to is.gd for "Totally Teen Zone" tells 
"teenagers that it's okay to "totally zone out" » link to is.gd.

big brother gets #pork $250K "for deployment of security cameras in 15 
different business districts" in Pitt pg. 207

earmark to the stars?? $2M for "for the promotion of astronomy in Hawaii" 
Really? pg. 332 » link to is.gd

http://www.puma08.com/2009/02/23/pork-a-palooza-here-is-some-of-what-obamas-stimulus-bill-is-spending-your-tax-dollars-on/