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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: tejek who wrote (220721)2/24/2005 10:40:52 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) of 1587370
 
"Building a $200 million bridge to nowhere ?"

Pork barrel projects have always been around. Used to be, the Republicans complained about the Democrats doing it. Now that the Republicans control the government, they apparently feel they have to make up for lost time. The post-9/11 trend is to slap an "anti-terrorism" or "national security" label on it, or add it to legitimate bills that deal with those issues...

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It has gotten pretty bad. Since Smirk was elected, it has mushroomed. I suspect it won't get any better anytime soon. The Republicans got the keys to the bank, and they are looting it for all it is worth...
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