As U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, who, while displaying photos of a graffiti-marred area of the river, said the designation is not appropriate because
“the only part of this river that is scenic is the graffiti found on the bridges and embankments, and the only thing that is wild is the gangs that wrote this in the first place.”

The Taunton river area looks like something in a post apocalyptic Mad Max movie, and Frank has the gall to portray it as a fargin’ wildlife sanctuary!

Expect far worse with a Democrat controlled Executive and Legislative (and, eventually, Judicial) branches.

Does the term “run roughshod” mean anything to you?

Oh, wait…We are one now…Let’s complain about union workers some more…Union voted down by ILLEGAL ALIENS afraid of being deported…AWWWWW

more like they don’t want to pay union dues…need that money to send home to their 2nd family….

To further soapbox about the meatpackers and illegals, when the government raided a number of packers in Nebraska and Colorado, the following day there were hundreds of tax-paying American citizens lined up to get their applications in – yes, even in Colorado. I sent a link to the cretins at the WS Journal in an unsuccessful effort to dissuade them from using that erroneous line of reason.

I’ll tell you something else, people in this area want to work. They are aggressively working class with no desire to change or to move. They would work for not much more than is paid the illegals today if the opportunity was provided to them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Branstad

Harkin has beaten every lightweight thrown his direction and the heavy hitters did not take him out…probably assuming a lightweight could do it.

Give Tom Harkin a little credit though…he does not wear out his welcome with Iowans because we never see him! He visits Iowa a few days when Democratic Presidential contenders need an intro but stays away the rest of his term. Harkin’s a joke and the debate has never been whether he’s a socialist rather the degree of his socialism and how much it will cost to get his support for a pet project. The man has no friends in Iowa…only Democrats will to pay the price to get his vote.

BTW – my Democrat friends do not try to defend Harkin because they know he is a cad. Harkin consistently wins with a bare majority thanks to larger Democratic efforts. On the other hand, Republican Grassley wins with almost 70% of the vote whenever he is up for re-election.

On December 29th, 2008 at 11:20 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

Things that go together:
Sleight of hand.
Abuse of law.
Democrat.

Just Three of His Favorite Things.

And he too of Stolen Valor
Harkin too belongs in jail, lied about Viet Nam. That is what Democrats do I suppose.

On December 29th, 2008 at 2:43 pm, twons said:

I’m not there but I pretty much agree with your 6 points. But, since it has now been determined that the transaction was improper, shouldn’t the money be returned back to the pot from which it came from?

The IRS makes taxpayers do it all the time.

1. The grant came several years before the recent ICE raid and all the controversy over that. Yes, the company was hiring illegals, but it wasn’t known.

2. The money went to build a sewage plant. It wasn’t a “bailout” in the sense that we are seeing them today.

3. The sewage plant may be used exclusively by the company, but it really serves everybody. Without it, the company’s less-treated sewage went directly into the watershed, and there isn’t much nastier sewage than that from packing plants. Without the plant, everyone downstream suffers.

4. The company was the major employer in the town, and without it, yet another small Iowa town would have died sooner than it probably will. I wouldn’t want to own any property there right now.

5. This sort of thing is SOP for our government. Earmarks/pork is nothing new; the practice is as old as our government. As those add-ons go, this isn’t a bad one – the taxpayer got preserved jobs, cleaner water, and more agribusiness provided to the economy, which helps keep the supply up, and the price down (relatively). This is only in the news now because the plant is on the “bad-boy list”.

6. The only time I read that rag of a paper is when I get a free copy for filling my tank, let alone paying attention to any controversy they invent. It also is useful for starting my fireplace, but beyond that, forget it.

On December 29th, 2008 at 11:47 am, Paul Revere said:
What’s in the water in Iowa (and Minnesota)? Good lord.

I live in Minnesota and I drink nothing but bottled or filtered water.

The new sewage-treatment plant is technically owned by Postville…

Maybe the city of Potsville can name this one after Harkin? They should give him is own one-holer.