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1. #1
   On February 26th, 2009 at 4:56 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

   Wow, I’m shocked. CA only got two. The rest seem to be focused on the east/southeast.

2. #3
   On February 26th, 2009 at 4:57 pm, Salt said:

   On February 26th, 2009 at 4:56 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

   Wow, I’m shocked. CA only got two. The rest seem to be focused on the east/southeast.

   No, CA got a lot more than that. The map seems to have trouble given the large number of data points. If you refresh and zoom in on the LA area, you will see much, much more.

3. #4
   On February 26th, 2009 at 5:00 pm, Marie said:

   IT’S THE POLICY CHANGES HIDDEN IN ALL THEIR STUFF THAT IS THE PROBLEM. WE CAN GET OVER THE MONEY. WE CAN’T GET OVER THE POLICY CHANGES! CONCENTRATE ON THAT NOT THE BS PORK!

4. #5
   On February 26th, 2009 at 5:00 pm, walterc said:

   Not much in Wyoming. Oh wait, my Senators and Congresswoman voted NO on Porkulus and will probably vote not on the omnibus too (at least they should).

5. #6
   On February 26th, 2009 at 5:02 pm, Salt said:

   This is a great use of Google Maps.

   Michelle said:

   Would be great to have maps like this for all the other omni-pork spending.

   I wholeheartedly agree and not just for omni-bills, but for all bills. If the President and Congress truly support transparency and web technologies, this would be a good place to start.

6. #7
   On February 26th, 2009 at 5:08 pm, Salt said:

   On February 26th, 2009 at 5:00 pm, Marie said:

   IT’S THE POLICY CHANGES HIDDEN IN ALL THEIR STUFF THAT IS THE PROBLEM. WE CAN GET OVER THE MONEY. WE CAN’T GET OVER THE POLICY CHANGES! CONCENTRATE ON THAT NOT THE BS PORK!

   They’re not mutually exclusive with the way our legislature currently operates. Considering this is a spending bill, it’s fair to see where that spending will be.

   Also, we have the capacity to question both policy changes and needless spending. It’s not as though opponents of CS 2.0 can only focus on one thing at a time.

   (Polite minor note: Using all caps is typically interpreted as shouting.)

7. #8
   On February 26th, 2009 at 5:09 pm, txvet2 said:

   Nothing for Austin sewer projects. I guess Lamar Smith stole all of the money he needed last year.

8. #9
   On February 26th, 2009 at 5:09 pm, Gabe said:

   The easiest “anti-gang initiative” would simply be to enforce our borders and round up illegals. Yet we have to spend all this money in order to PRETEND to be doing something about gangs.

   Also, love the pork to fund a study of “climate change” impact on the Mid-Atlantic states at University of Maryland. What recession?! Obviously, if we have this type of money to waste, we are living in pretty good times.

9. #10
   On February 26th, 2009 at 5:22 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

   No, CA got a lot more than that. The map seems to have trouble given the large number of data points. If you refresh and zoom in on the LA area, you will see much, much more.

   Yep, they sure did. I noticed that the areas that got all the pork are basically all the blue counties that voted Obama. No surprise there. Don’t see too much action in the red counties.

   LA area concentrated BIG time.

10. #12
    On February 26th, 2009 at 5:27 pm, sonofdy said:

    Cool, my state gets 150,000 for which we will pay taxes for generations.

    Great investment there.

11. #13
    On February 26th, 2009 at 5:28 pm, wighttrasch said:

    Don’t be hatin’!

    I’m sure if you look hard enough there are some ‘re-appropration of Lincoln Navigators to important selected constituents’.

12. #14
    On February 26th, 2009 at 5:30 pm, Marie said:

    #6 SALT

    I AM SHOUTING – DAMN IT !!!

13. #15
    On February 26th, 2009 at 5:34 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    One example:

    to upgrade the Inglewood Police Department’s radio system

    Why does anyone think it is appropriate to have the Federal Government pay to upgrade a single city’s Police Department radio system?

    What if other cities expected equal treatment under the law?

    Earmarks are insane.

    And I agree that the policy changes are even worse than the earmarks.

14. #16
    On February 26th, 2009 at 5:38 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    OT here. The Senate voted to give DC a seat — 61/37. Of course, the corrupt Dem house the corrupt President will make this happen.

    Expect a HUGE constitutional fight to the Supreme Court. Should be a no-brainer.

15. #17
    On February 26th, 2009 at 5:38 pm, ajmontana said:

    Blame America last,

    Heres a link as to what Mary Bono’s district is getting, my area.(I think it’s just partial) I’m not sure where you live but there must be other goodies spread out in Ca.

    It looks like a lot of it can and probably will go for salaries (i’d bet big bucks on it) not jobs.

    Desert area Spending

16. #18
    On February 26th, 2009 at 5:39 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On February 26th, 2009 at 5:22 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    I noticed that the areas that got all the pork are basically all the blue counties that voted Obama. No surprise there.

    Exactly. Redistribution of wealth from the country as a whole to the population centers that help DemoNcrats win entire states (and the Electoral College).

17. #20
    On February 26th, 2009 at 5:43 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    On February 26th, 2009 at 5:38 pm, ajmontana said:

    Blame America last,

    Heres a link as to what Mary Bono’s district is getting, my area.(I think it’s just partial) I’m not sure where you live but there must be other goodies spread out in Ca.

    There are goodies…mostly in the higher populated areas — mostly in the blue counties (LA). I’m near the border of Reno/NV. Nothing there. I’m shocked.

18. #21
    On February 26th, 2009 at 5:49 pm, ajmontana said:

    What’s up with this BS line Odopey is feeding us about “finding” two trillion dollars (notice he doesn’t give details as to what is being cut or where he found the magic money) Then he goes on and says spread out over four years (lol) he’s up to his old tricks again, doing nothing but spending like he did in Illinois with the 100 billion him and Ayershead stole, and just campaigning again for his Next job (term two) thats a joke. This man is a danger to America. We need to Impeach him N.O.W.
    Someone please tell this stooge we want details not more of his BS campaigne rhetoric. Good grief.

    Show me the MAGIC MONEY!!!

19. #22
    On February 26th, 2009 at 5:51 pm, T J Green said:

    Guess the Messiah ran out of loaves and fish… nothing for Omaha, which surprisingly gave Obama an electoral college vote.

20. #23
    On February 26th, 2009 at 5:51 pm, ajmontana said:

    Don’t worry Blame. Harry(tommy boy) Reid got 100 Million for Nevada, maybe some of it will spill over in your hood. lol

21. #24
    On February 26th, 2009 at 5:55 pm, sassy745 said:

    Just wrote Senators Cornyn and Hutchison and let them know what I think of their earmarks! Hutchison never had my vote for Gov. so no big loss when she’s gone but I am truly disappointed in Cornyn.

22. #25
    On February 26th, 2009 at 6:04 pm, okiedokie said:

    This is by no means all of them. There should be a whole lot more added.

    My favorite part of this is $5,000 for Crime Stoppers for Bee County Tx. There are 32,000 people in Bee County TX so if they raised the $$ themselves it would only be 16 cents a person.

    WHY THE HELL AM I PAYING FOR CRIME STOPPERS IN BEE COUNTY TEXAS???????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

    I’m really steamed to think that it probably cost the American people $10,000 to get that $5k to Texas.

    BASTARDS!!!

23. #26
    On February 26th, 2009 at 6:15 pm, dankitti said:

    After reading the title, I was actually expecting a Sesame Street song parody. Oh, where is the pork in your neighborhood. Maybe someone could write one.

24. #27
    On February 26th, 2009 at 6:59 pm, TwoCents said:

    On February 26th, 2009 at 5:34 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    What if other cities expected equal treatment under the law?

    Now that you mention it, I wonder if cities have ever sued for equal treatment based on their tax dollars sent to the federal govt. Sounds like a great class action and a way to stop earmarks. Why should the federal govt be sending money to any of these cities or states unless there is an emergency?

25. #28
    On February 26th, 2009 at 7:04 pm, The Ugly American said:

    Nearly every SoCal earmark is for police services of some kind.

    WTH???

    Why do we keep paying increased taxes (like L.A.’s garbage tax) for police services then?

    Answer: Because mayors like Villardonothing end up dumping them into the general fund.

    This is freakin’ unbelievable.

26. #29
    On February 26th, 2009 at 7:06 pm, The Ugly American said:

    And how in the hell these create what Biden calls a three letter word… J-O-B-S …is beyond me.

    Torches ‘n pitchforks, folks.

27. #30
    On February 26th, 2009 at 7:10 pm, TwoCents said:

    That map is too cool. It looks like residents of ND & SD really got the shaft, though. They get nothing from this appropriations bill, while Wyoming and Vermont (both smaller than either ND or SD) get $500K and $1M, respectively, and Alaska (smaller than SD) gets over $3.5M! Goodness, even Puerto Rico and Guam get some!

    Then again, maybe ND and SD are the only states left with self-sufficient residents or conservative congressmen. (I say this knowing almost nothing of their reps.)

28. #31
    On February 26th, 2009 at 8:11 pm, TK-421 said:

    Pretty neat on the NC side, area’s that didn’t vote for Obama got squat, meanwhile the Liberal Baistons have alot.

29. #32
    On February 26th, 2009 at 8:11 pm, TK-421 said:

    Pretty neat on the NC side, area’s that didn’t vote for Obama got squat, meanwhile the Liberal Baistons have alot.

30. #33
    On February 26th, 2009 at 8:12 pm, tpitman said:

    Hey, we got ours here in Orlando. Some crap to do with SeaWorld.

    It’s Bacon!

31. #34
    On February 26th, 2009 at 8:35 pm, ajmontana said:

    (fill in the blank)

    My Parents Generation Spent All the Money and All I Got was This Crummy ______.

    Message seen in the year 2016 in the New York Desert.

32. #35
    On February 26th, 2009 at 9:56 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    I was hoping for at least $2 million for the Mo Udall International Dachshund Preserve… it’s for the children after all.

33. #36
    On February 26th, 2009 at 10:56 pm, Joy said:

    Look at that list… where is the ’stimulus’? Where are the jobs?

34. #37
    On February 27th, 2009 at 2:21 am, Papa Louie said:

    I was willing to give the new Obama adminstration a little time to prove themselves. But with what has happened over the past week, I am now ready to join Rush in hoping that Obama fails. That is because I can clearly see now that if Obama, Pelosi, and Reid are successful in getting everything they want, the country will fail.

    And when their programs fail and bankrupt the country, liberals will claim that it was not because they destroyed the American Dream by punishing success, rewarding failure, and destroying freedom through strict government controls on every aspect of our lives. They will claim it was because they did not go far enough; they did not tax enough and spend enough to make their programs work. Does anyone doubt that will be their excuse?

35. #38
    On February 27th, 2009 at 2:50 am, ajmontana said:

    Don’t worry Papa, Odopey will end up in a straight jacket surrounded by padded walls, he can make his excuses from there.

36. #39
    On February 27th, 2009 at 5:20 am, graysonret said:

    Figures…Norfolk, Va. and Virginia Beach police depts. get earmarks, and the one in trouble with low pay/benefits and losing officers to other cities, Portsmouth, gets nothing.