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To: bentway who wrote (54391)	8/4/2005 3:45:03 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 173976

All you morons have are lies! I agree...it is all you have..... J.

To: bentway who wrote (54391)	8/4/2005 4:12:14 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

The Goofy Earmark Award for $300,000 for Anaheim Resort Transit (read: Disneyland) bus and bus facilities in the district of Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.).

To: bentway who wrote (54391)	8/4/2005 4:12:40 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

The Flipping the Byrd at the Taxpayer Award to Senator Robert Byrd (D-W. Va.) for his $399 million in pork for West Virginia.http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reports_pigbook2005Oinkers

To: bentway who wrote (54391)	8/4/2005 4:15:09 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

$11,452,000 added by the Senate for projects in the state of Senate Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), including: $4,418,000 for the GIS Center of Excellence at West Virginia University; $3,638,000 for the Appalachian Fruit Laboratory in Kearneysville; $860,000 for Appalachian small farmer outreach; $711,000 for aquaculture product and marketing development; $654,000 for agriculture waste utilization research; $569,000 for water pollutants research; $300,000 for the Potomac and Ohio River Basin Soil Nutrient Project; and $150,000 for turfgrass research in Beaver.

To: bentway who wrote (54391)	8/4/2005 4:15:41 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

$9,630,000 for projects in the state of Senate Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee member Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and the district of House Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee member Tom Latham (R-Iowa), including: $1,789,000 for the Iowa Biotechnology Consortium; $688,000 for the Midwest Poultry Consortium; $655,000 for human nutrition research; $600,000 for the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development; $419,000 for food chain economic analysis; $268,000 for livestock waste research; $250,000 for the Iowa Vitality Center; $231,000 for dairy education; and $100,000 for the Trees Forever Program. The Trees Forever Program, in partnership with the Aquila Company (formerly Peoples Natural Gas), distributes grants to groups and communities that are planting trees in their neighborhoods. A major component of the program is making sure that people are aware of the type of injuries trees can sustain during the winter from heavy loads of ice and snow. This project should be called the Deficits Forever Program.

To: bentway who wrote (54391)	8/4/2005 4:16:12 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

$8,345,000 for projects in the state of Senate appropriator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and the districts of House Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee member George Nethercutt, Jr. (Rwash.) and House appropriator Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), including: $3,000,000 for the Agricultural Research Laboratory in Pullman; $325,000 for the Wine Grape Foundation Block; and $250,000 for asparagus technology and production. Washington State University and Michigan State University are jointly researching methods to reduce labor costs in the asparagus industry. The industry’s labor costs, combined with federal anti-drug and trade policies that have led to a disproportionate increase in imported asparagus, have left Washington’s asparagus industry at a competitive disadvantage. Sen. Murray included language asking USDA to purchase asparagus in 2005 for domestic feeding programs.

To: bentway who wrote (54391)	8/4/2005 4:17:24 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

$23,150,000 added by the Senate for projects in the state of Senate Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Robert Byrd (DW. Va.): $13,000,000 for a C-5 airport parking apron/hydrant system at Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport in Martinsburg; $6,000,000 for a fire crash rescue station at Yeager Air National Guard Base; and $4,150,000 a C-5 flight simulator at Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport in Martinsburg.

To: bentway who wrote (54391)	8/4/2005 4:18:20 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

$20,500,000 added by the Senate for projects in the state of Senate Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee member Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii): $8,000,000 for Phase IIB of the Pohakuloa Training Area Saddle Road Access Project; $7,500,000 for the Advanced Electro-Optical System Primary Mirror Coating Facility at the Maui Space Surveillance Site; and $5,000,000 for electrical upgrades at Hickam Air Force Base. $17,160,000 for projects in the state of Senate appropriator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and the districts of House appropriators George Nethercutt, Jr. (R-Wash.) and Norm Dicks (D-Wash.): $8,200,000 for the Fort Lewis Army Chapel (which offers diverse services for Christians, Jews, Muslims, and even Wiccans); $6,970,000 for Phase I of the lab consolidation at Bangor Naval Base; and $1,990,000 for a dangerous materials storehouse at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. $16,867,000 added by the Senate for projects in the state of Senate Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee member Tim Johnson (D-S.D.): $9,867,000 for the Ellsworth Air Force Base Operations Center and $7,000,000 for a squadron operations facility at Joe Foss Field in Sioux City. Besides serving as home to South Dakota’s 114th Fighter Group, Joe Foss Field is also a regional airport. In an April 28, 2004 press release, Sen. Johnson stated that "as a member of the Senate Appropriations committee, it is always great to see funding going back to the state.…Joe Foss Field is a major conduit for our state. It is necessary to keep the airport in appropriate working condition for the continued economic development of the region." $14,300,000 for projects at Dyess Air Force Base in the district of House Military Construction Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chet Edwards (D-Texas): $11,000,000 for a fire crash rescue station and $3,300,000 for a base refueling vehicle maintenance shop.

To: bentway who wrote (54391)	8/4/2005 4:20:46 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

read for yourself: 2005 Congressional Pig Book Summary The 2005 Congressional Pig Book Summary is the little pink book that gives a snapshot of each appropriations bill and details 570 of the juciest projects culled from the complete Pig Book. (Click here for .pdf version) Jump to appropriations bill: Agriculture \| Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary \| Defense \| District of Columbia \| Energy & Water \| Foreign Operations \| Homeland Security \| Interior \| Labor, Health & Human Services, and Education \| Legislative Branch \| Military Construction \| Transportation, Treasury, General Government, & Related Agencies \| Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, Independent Agencies cagw.org