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To: goldworldnet who wrote (251353)	5/23/2008 2:22:56 AM
From: Sr K	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793883

I was following self-imposed guidelines to minimize my postings to not interfere with this site's conversation, and I was minding the header rule "1) No personal insults!" So I asked it as a question. I didn't want to nitpick the bill's estimated size, but it seemed to be about $275 billion to $300 billion. KLP's reference to >>voting for the 3 BILLION ++ pork farm bill<< may have only referred to the pork portion and not the whole bill. - A possible response was: No, I was only referring to the pork portion. or Maybe 1/3 was pork (in the eye of the beholder). It was loaded with earmarks (if so). It was simpler to ask a quick question, and get a quick answer, without being so precise about it. I was not being rude, but it seemed that $3 billion was way off. That was my main point. If someone is critical of 1% of a bill, then to me the criticism is too "shotgun". The portion accidentally omitted from the version the President actually signed was way more than 1%, for instance.