Earmarks, we got your earmarks right here
By adamg - Mon, 07/14/2008 - 8:16am.
In-depth analysis and details of earmarks (approved and vetoed) in this year's state budget.
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I'll be damned if Im going
I'll be damned if Im going to provide even 50,000 for a bacon free library in Natick! MY local library has no such bacon free requirments and we do just fine thank you very much ;)
In favor of bacon-free libraries
This Jew has been hoping for such a thing for YEARS! Now, finally, I can go into a library without worrying that I might inadvertently be damned because of some kid's sandwich. :o)
Bacon?
You mean Sir Francis? What do Jews have against Sir Francis Bacon? And sandwiches? Sir Francis Bacon was not the fourth Earl of Sandwich. I think you people are confused!
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The Fourth Earl of Sandwich...
...responsible for one of the great Onion op-eds of all time.
confused Jews represent!
Clearly, Sir Francis Bacon is unclean to us. It says so right there in Levitisaiah.
Oiy if we take the bacon out
Oiy if we take the bacon out of the libraries whats next? I hope they leave my shellfish alone, I coudlnt possible read War and Peace in my library without a shrimp cocktail.
Does anyone know what all
Does anyone know what all those "child safety programs" are at $75,000 a pop?
I had read something in one
I had read something in one of the papers that a "child safety" program can be pretty much anything that results in "children being more safe." If I read it correctly Everett wanted one for a pothole filling machine, with their explanation being that it would be used around schools to minimize children falling into pot holes, but they couldnt gurantee it would be used exclusivly for schools, so yeah a bit of a streach. Some cities seemed to ask for one so they could put an extra officer inside the highschool, which makes alot more sense.
Do Everett kids ride bicycles to schools?
If they do, then filling potholes is quite defensible as "child safety".
The most serious injuries I've ever had as a bicycle rider were caused by road hazards such as potholes, not by motor traffic.
When I was a kid...
the potholes could swallow our bikes whole.
Nothing against these fine
Nothing against these fine organizations, however, um, what about the all the squawking about our bridges and roads falling apart. Some of these monies surely could get the road party started.
talking about earmarks
make that, talking about no more earmarks...