Tag: "Pork"
Special Delivery for Chuck the Schmuck
This little civic uprising amused me to no end this morning. Last week, I noted Kentucky radio talk show host Leland Conway’s campaign to send Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer bags of pork rinds in response to his arrogant claim that Americans don’t care about the pork in the trillion-dollar-porkulus. Guess what? Conway’s call produced a [...]
I’d Rather Boot Friedman than Reboot America
So here I am, listening to Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas Album and browsing memeorandum when I come across this giant chunk of silliness from Thomas Friedman. Read the whole thing if you like, but I just want to swoop in and knock down a few low-hanging fruit. First, it’s patently ridiculous to say that Chinese people [...]
It’s Not Pork. It’s a Sweetener!
The bailout bill passed in the Senate, but it took a bit of trickery for that to happen. The bill had to be added as an amendment to another bill that had already passed the House, which just so happened to contain huge chunks of pork for the Democrats and tax cuts for the Republicans. [...]
It’s Worse than Pork. It’s Bribery.
I could not have said it better myself. Pathetic. Craven. Irresponsible. Unprincipled. Those and similar adjectives apply to every member of Congress who voted for the bloated, anti-consumer piece of legislative corruption known as the Food and Energy Conservative Act of 2008 a k a as “the farm bill.” The most egregious piece of this [...]
That’s What You Said