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King of Pork? - 4/4/2008 4:44:17 PM   
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CBS) Congressman Jack Murtha is one of the most influential powerbrokers in Washington.

According to an estimate by Taxpayers for Common Sense, he's steered more than $600 million in earmarks to his Pennsylvania district in the past four years and $2 billion since 1992. But what's been good for Murtha and his district is not always good for taxpayers.

 
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/04/assignment_america/main3994689.shtml

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RE: King of Pork? - 4/4/2008 5:37:19 PM   
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RE: King of Pork? - 4/4/2008 5:43:44 PM   
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Is the Morcheeba quote on your sig line a new fang?


"fang"?
 
What meanest thou, pretty lady?
 
Here's the vid for the song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w16JlLSySWQ

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RE: King of Pork? - 4/4/2008 5:45:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		I know the song - Morcheeba are hugely popular... where I 'originated'... they're alright: but now that Skye has left... not much point to them anymore. She made the band.

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RE: King of Pork? - 4/4/2008 5:46:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		The public really need to get across to their Senators and Reps, that they are tired of the pork. It is going to take people stepping across party lines to do this though. Differences on many things need to be set aside to send a message to the American Royalty.

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RE: King of Pork? - 4/4/2008 5:47:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		Anyway to go back to your original post, that Jack guy is a bit of a Murthafucker, no?

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RE: King of Pork? - 4/4/2008 5:52:29 PM   
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The public really need to get across to their Senators and Reps, that they are tired of the pork. It is going to take people stepping across party lines to do this though. Differences on many things need to be set aside to send a message to the American Royalty.


Hey there, Sanity. I agree. It's one thing I do like about McCain, he seems to have a strong backbone when it comes to pork.
 
What would happen if pork disappeared? How much would it hurt/help America?

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RE: King of Pork? - 4/4/2008 5:54:50 PM   
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Anyway to go back to your original post, that Jack guy is a bit of a Murthafucker, no?




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More mysterious is Murtha's million-dollar earmark to the "The Center for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure."

“We don’t even know if it even exists,” says anti-earmark Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ).

Back in July 2007, Flake had questions when he found no record of the Center. Murtha wasn’t there, so a colleague spoke for him.

The response to the question of whether the Center actually exists came from Congressman Pete Visclosky, D-Ind.: “At this time I do not know. But if it does not exist, the money cannot go to it.”

Congressman Murtha wouldn't tell CBS News if the Center exists... or agree to an interview.

His most notorious project is the government agency that the government doesn't want: The National Drug Intelligence Center, also in Murtha's hometown. Every year the White House tries to close it because they already have a Drug Intelligence Center. But Murtha keeps the duplicate open using half-a-billion dollars in earmarks.



How can he defend this sort of thing? Hmmph.

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RE: King of Pork? - 4/4/2008 5:56:42 PM   
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How can he defend this sort of thing? Hmmph.



The gall and bad faith of the powerful is inspiring, isn't it?

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RE: King of Pork? - 4/4/2008 6:36:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		It would hurt slightly in the beginning for a few, but all those saving would help balance the budget and pay down the deficit. Once that was done, then the taxes should go down on a Federal level, and up on local levels. If someone wants to create a Mothers Day center in their town, then those taxpayers should determine whether they want to fund it or not. People do not seem to realize this is our money they are spending, it does not belong to the Feds. Looking at politics, and some of the debate on it over the last decade, I am at a loss as to what Joe Public thinks, because frankly I keep thinking about the blood of patriots and tyrants thing.


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The public really need to get across to their Senators and Reps, that they are tired of the pork. It is going to take people stepping across party lines to do this though. Differences on many things need to be set aside to send a message to the American Royalty.


Hey there, Sanity. I agree. It's one thing I do like about McCain, he seems to have a strong backbone when it comes to pork.
 
What would happen if pork disappeared? How much would it hurt/help America?


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