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To: tejek who wrote (459542)	2/26/2009 3:08:39 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1574854

I thought Ophoney said no ear marks, LOLOl what a lying POS

To: tejek who wrote (459542)	2/26/2009 3:10:07 PM
From: Shoot1st	Respond to of 1574854

BTW..I'm running a bit low on time here..... got some thing I've got to attend to...... can you lend a hand..... categorize yourself so that when I come back I've got less work to do..... thanks....yeah....I said thanks...imagine that. rsdb.org TH

To: tejek who wrote (459542)	2/26/2009 3:18:18 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1574854

Ted you and Z will be paying for this your whole lifes. CONGRESS' PORKY POLS PIG OUT ON FINE $WINE BIG BUCKS TO CANOES & TATTOOS By GEOFF EARLE and DAPHNE RETTER, Post CorrespondentS February 26, 2009 nypost.com WASHINGTON - Congress went on a pork-a-palooza yesterday, approving a massive spending bill with big bucks for Hawaiian canoe trips, research into pig smells, and tattoo removal - all while the nation faces an economic crisis. Among the recipients of federal largesse is the Polynesian Voyaging Society of Honolulu, which got a $238,000 "earmark" in the bill. EDITORIAL: OBAMA'S FUZZY TAX MATH The group organizes sea voyages in ancient-style sailing canoes like the ones that first brought settlers to Hawaii. The sailing club has a powerful wind at its back in the person of Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill also has a whopping 8 percent increase over last year for the numerous federal agencies it funds. New York got its share of earmarks, among them $475,000 to "improve and expand" the Italian American Museum in Little Italy. The project was pushed by New York Reps. Gary Ackerman and Jerrold Nadler. The latter touted it, among other earmarks, on his Web site. Nadler also announced $4.5 million for new park development in Manhattan. Uncle Sam's generosity extends upstate, where there's $950,000 to convert a railroad bridge over the Hudson River into a walkway in Poughkeepsie. Earmarks totaled at least $3.8 billion - a figure used by the House Appropriations Committee. But the watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense calculates that there are an astonishing 8,570 earmarks at a cost of $7.7 billion. The bill, which critics slammed as larded with pork, has big bucks to combat putrid stenches in the heartland, with $1.7 million for "Swine Odor and Manure Management Research." That's on top of $1.9 million in each of the last two years, or nearly $6 million over the last three years. The swine research center, at Iowa State University in Ames, got funds through the Agricultural Research Service, and aims to improve the smell of animals and the lagoons where waste is stored. There's funding for mosquito trapping in Gainesville, Fla. - requested by Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut. The research deals with the West Nile virus, and was funded at $1.2 million in each of the last two years. The House packaged the bill from several spending measures held over from last year. It needs to pass the Senate and be signed into law by President Obama. Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, whom Obama vanquished in November, is calling on the president to veto it. But Democratic leaders say the spending spree was a bipartisan affair, with up to 40 percent of the earmarks coming from Republicans. Obama has criticized earmarks and insisted they be kept out of stimulus legislation - a suggestion that drew laughs from Republicans at the president's address to Congress Tuesday night. Another earmark, by Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) provides $200,000 for a "tattoo-removal violence-outreach program" in Los Angeles. The funds would buy a tattoo-removal machine to help gang members erase signs of their past. Meanwhile, Obama is set to unveil a proposal today that sets aside $634 billion over the next 10 years for health-care reform. He plans to pay for it, in part, by capping tax deductions for families that earn more than $250,000 a year.

To: tejek who wrote (459542)	2/26/2009 5:11:41 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574854

O: US 50,000 troop "residual force" in Iraq Senate Democrats Surprised by Obama Plan to Leave Up to 50,000 Troops in Iraq Senate Democrats want to hear an explanation from the White House as to why up to 50,000 troops would stay behind in Iraq. By Trish Turner FOXNews.com Thursday, February 26, 2009 Senate Democrats expressed discontent Thursday with plans from the Pentagon to leave a residual force of up to 50,000 troops in Iraq, even as the military pursues a substantial drawdown. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told reporters that he is heading to the White House later in the day to hear an explanation. "I have been one who has called for significant cutbacks in Iraq for some time. And I am happy to listen to the secretary of defense, the president, but when they talk about 50,000, that's a little higher number than I had anticipated," Reid said. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., also said he's waiting for hear a "justification" for why so many troops would stay behind. "It has to be done responsibly, we all agree, but 50,000 is more than I would have thought," he said. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash, who voted against the Iraq war, unlike Reid and Schumer, took a more reserved tone, saying, "I want to hear what the president has to say ... but I do think we have to look carefully at the number that are there and do it as quickly as we can." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., voiced strong concern on Wednesday on an MSNBC show, calling the 50,000 residual force "an awful lot," though she noted that the president has not made an official statement on the plan, so "I don't know what the justification is for 50,000." foxnews.com Ht Lindybill