nypost.com — Congress went on a pork-a-palooza yesterday, approving a massive spending bill with big bucks for Hawaiian canoe trips, research into pig smells, and tattoo removal - all while the nation faces an economic crisis. Among the recipients of federal largesse is the Polynesian Voyaging Society of Honolulu, which got a $238,000 "earmark" in the bill...
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"Tattoo removal for gang members" forgot the word ILLEGAL in LA - hummm....................And the state wonders why it's bankrupt?
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The swine research center, at Iowa State University in Ames, got funds through the Agricultural Research Service, and aims to improve the smell of animals and the lagoons where waste is stored. -----The good news: the pigs are going to smell like roses. The bad news: the economy is going to smell like a pig.
jashobeam5Feb 27, 2009
LOL!