Oh yeah.....big difference there....with the President passing his own form of legislation, in the form of PORK!

Oink, oink.

America is sick and tired of this joker.

Please check on earmarks in Mississippi and Senator Trent Lott.

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Sincerely,

Steven A. McCaleb

Let me ask the same question I asked yesterday….What happened to the Public Database that Mr. Obama passionately fought for last year in summer of 2006 to list where/what of the “pork barrel” money is being spent and by whom? You all remember the ‘bridge to nowhere’, article? Why can’t all of the money used for political purposes / lobbying be listed on such a database as part of public records?

So basically this shows Bush to be a hypocrit? It is really probably only the 1,000th example of it during his reign.

See sidebar report
Report: Wasteful Government Spending at All-Time High

So a new title might be "Pot Calls Kettle Black," or "Fox Rewrites Henhouse Access Rules."

Didn't both these parties PROMISE fiscal responsibility? Every election?
I rest my case.

Ah the contradiction and ego is just ASTOUNDING.... politics is actually more interesting that entertainment or science discussions for once! Way to go Bush, atleast you woke America up to the mess.

So what else is new. This lying pig wants some more pork. Just about everything that he has wanted he lied about. I would rather sleep with a rabid rattlesnake than believe any thing he says.

About the only thing new here is Bush's enablers in Congress, the Republican senators and congressman who for six years now have COMPLETELY supported this president on EVERYTHING (with the possible exception of immigration reform) actually calling the President on one of maybe ten thousand cynical little double-standard actions. Long after the majority of this country (vast majority) woke up to what sort of human being this president is, his fellow party members are getting a hint.

Too bad. They own him. He is the Republican party and Republican party has become the Bush party. Hopelessly compromised.

Bush is like a child with a credit card.

The main point here is not the reasoning behind where they get their little slight-of-hand inserts, its the fact that we are HUGELY in DEBT and many areas of the country are getting economically hammered, while energy prices continue to skyrocket, and both congress and white house are spending our money on small private items and sometimes big, without our consent. Each request for spending should go through a Standard Bipartisan Committee to determine its merit. They should be able to get a system going to approve or disapprove selections in a timely manner all year long, to keep things moving regularly.

wake me up when the republican sycophants and their MAINSCREAM media in tow push for IMPEACHMENTS...yes that is plural REPTILEBRAINS...

How is funding for the national parks an ear mark???!?? The NPS is part of the Department of the Interior - you know - part of the federal government.

The NPS is horribly neglected in the budget. How is actually aiming some much needed funds in its direction earmarking? Isn't this just the federal government living up to it's obligation?

I'm confused.

The biggest PORK proposal ever conceived was defeated by Senators for the second time on 6/28. That PORK scam had to do with Corporate Welfare and Illegal Alien AMNESTY.

There were several Senators that just never saw through the smoke and mirrors and voted to support the anti-American bill even though millions of messages from their smarter constituents told them to turn around and help defeat the
S.1639 bill. Those rather dense Senators just would not listen to counsel from people far wiser than they will ever be.

Pork is pork, it doesn't matter who's pork it is. The fact that Bush would slip his pork in a bill just prior to signing is of no surprise. We all know what a scoundral he is anyway. And in typical fashion, the white house lackeys defend his actions. Impeach the criminals. We need to get this country on the right track again.

How funny! Aren't even the Decider's republican buddies getting sick of his hypocrisy? Isn't it dawning on them that they have been used these six years and are getting nothing in return but the shaft? He thinks he is above them. How does it feel to be a vassel, republicans?

Pot - Kettle - Black

Congress (Republicans and Democrats) had their hands out this week in assuring themselves an estimated $4,400/month pay raise. This is the pinnacle of fiscal irresponsibility, given the MULTI-Billion dollar war and enormous budget deficit. No more raises to Congress until the War is OVER.

Why don't treat him like any pig. Put in him on farm. Faten him up. then try to sell him to the highest bidder. I think we could a couple of dollars form one of 12 fans

Kinda like the difference between a street walker and a call girl; however, they are both are still hookers.

Are we surprised that Bush is committing a faux paux of double standards? I am not. How fast did aid get to the Hurricane Katrina victims? And how fast will Texas see aid and comfort in the wake of their floods? I dare say Texas aid will be lightning fast. I think Brian Williams should looking into that subject.

Throw all the bums out. Both parties. And elect an average Joe who's run an average business and has proven fiscal responsibility. If we keep voting in arrogant wealthy Ivy Leaguers as Presidents nothing will change.

What else is new no way out.

okaay, let's start from where this mess began. can anyone say Iraq. this so-called president and his merry band of thieves enriched their friends and oil corporations at the expense of the american tax payer.

Hypocracy coming from a man who uses Jesus Christ as a political marketing tool? Unbelievable!!! And another thing while we're on the W. subject...he's the pro-life president. No abortion, no stem cell research, just killing our soldiers and AVERAGE Iraqi citizens (which includes pregnant women) in exchange for huge oil and defense industry profits. Oh yeh, but he's a follower of Jesus.

Beth,

How can you criticize the man who is your leader? During time of war too?

We are at war. In such times, ANYTHING is allowable if it helps us win - killing Iraqis (for God's sake, they're not Americans, so get over it), spending the lives of our soldiers (duh, that's what soldiers do!), even "using Jesus Christ as a marketing tool" as you so cynically say.

This is the greatest country on earth, the land that defines liberty and freedom. How you can let a few dollars here or there dupe you into blaspheming against America and its leader is beyond me.

The Republicans finally figured out what the Democrats have known at least since the early 20th Century: you can buy votes by taking one person's money and giving it to another. Staying in power is paramount. It's even more important than national security.

Sadly, those of us who really want a small federal government limited to its ligitimate constitutional duties have nowhere to turn.

White House earmarks are "competitive"...riiiiight.
* $24 million on the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
* $8.9 million on the (George HW Bush) Points of Light foundation
* $1 billion on the Reading First program (which has been accused in a government report of steering contracts illegally to campaign contributors)

". . .administration spokesman Sean Kevelighan. The White House chooses earmarks "[in] a way that is competitive or merit-based,"

Is that right. You mean like the no bid contracts for Halliburton in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Blackwater all over the world? What merit did they have that they didn't even have to enter an open bidding contest? What MERIT?