When President Obama was running for office, he promised — and all the cretins who voted for him believed — that he would "reduce wasteful government spending." He said he'd do a "line by line" assessment of any budget. And all the morons — to the tune of 52 percent of the voting public — believed him.
Soooooo ... here's a look at some of the 9000 earmarks included in the most recent budget. All of this — according to the Commies now running the country is due to adjustments having to be made because of the last president. And these are just a few of the beauts.
They come to LRRP's World courtesy of Senator John McCain's Twitter messages — all comments below are his.
$951,500 for Sustainable Las Vegas
$250,000 to enhance research on Ice Seal populations
$150,000 for a rodeo museum in South Dakota
$143,000 for Nevada Humanities to develop and expand an online encyclopedia - Anyone heard of Wikipedia?
$238,000 for the Polynesian Voyaging Society in Hawaii - During these tough economic times with Americans out of work
$100,000 for the regional robotics training center in Union, SC - Does R2D2 or CP30 know about this?
$1,427,250 for genetic improvements of switchgrass - I thought switchgrass genes were pretty good already, guess I was wrong.
$167,000 for the Autry National Center for the American West in Los Angeles, CA
$143,000 to teach art energy - Art can produce energy? If so, then investing in the arts may lead to energy independence.
$100,000 for the Central Nebraska World Trade Center
$1.7 million for pig odor research in Iowa
$2 million “for the promotion of astronomy” in Hawaii - because nothing says new jobs for average Americans like investing in astronomy
$332,000 for the design and construction of a school sidewalk in Franklin, Texas - not enough $ for schools in the stimulus?
$2.1 million for the Center for Grape Genetics in New York - quick peel me a grape.
$650,000 for beaver management in North Carolina and Mississippi
$1 million for mormon cricket control in Utah - is that the species of cricket or a game played by the brits?
$300,000 for the Montana World Trade Center - enough said
$200,000 "tattoo removal violence outreach program to could help gang members or others shed visible signs of their past" REALLY?
$475,000 to build a parking garage in Provo City, Utah
$1.7M for a honey bee factory in Weslaco, TX.
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