What is Digg?Sponsored by Dragon Age: Origins
Join the Dragon Age: Origins development team on Facebook view!
facebook.com/DragonAgeOrigins - EA presents BioWare's new dark fantasy epic Dragon Age: Origins. '9/10' from Game Informer.
39 Comments
- rwallen, on 10/11/2007, -8/+81In other news, Bush stabs a 2 year old child to death in front of a room filled with over 1000 people and no one does anything about it.
- ButterBuddha, on 10/11/2007, -4/+37Worst Administration Ever
- maherjabr, on 10/11/2007, -5/+25You obviously don't read past the headlines. The kid was an enemy combatant. Will the ignorance never cease?
- insinuate, on 10/11/2007, -2/+16Sigh...are we gonna make it to 2009?
- sockpuppets, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15Laura's a nibbler.
- maherjabr, on 10/11/2007, -4/+14Hey Dubya. Learn from your VP and use the "Dick move". Claim that you're not part of the executive branch... or better yet not even part of the government and therefore your pet projects are not technically "earmarks".
- spudnic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Who is the leader of this Libertarian Fools party?
- hasheman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8and just imagine all the stuff we're going to be finding out about in the years post Bush&co
- joebob, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6In a statement to the press the president now refers to himself as 'the anti-terror nanny guy.'
- amoirae, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Cheney holds them too tight when George is "working".
- mrfunktastic, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6For those like me that thought "WTF is an Earmark - is that like a benchmark, or..." :
Earmark =
"To set aside funds for a specific purpose, use, or recipient. Generally speaking, virtually every appropriation is earmarked, and so are certain revenue sources credited to trust funds. In common usage, however, the term is often applied as an epithet for funds set aside for such purposes as research projects, demonstration projects, parks, laboratories, academic grants, and contracts in particular congressional districts or states or for certain specified universities or other organizations."
source: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=define:+earmark&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 - InetRoadkill, on 10/11/2007, -4/+8Another tax and spend liber..... oh wait.
- catalysis, on 10/11/2007, -5/+8I thought the democrats were going to do something about ear marks. Wasn't that their campaign promise?
- rcook18, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4I like the fact that Republicans made the announcements in this article. I believe that in the course of distancing themselves from Bush, Republicans and Democrats may find common ground
- mabhatter, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3this is why the Democrat Congress/ Republican White House combination is the best for the country. The Republican president won't pass laws with Democrat "pork" and the Democrat Congress holds the Republicans to their "promise" of less spending.
Whenever government does LESS... we the people win!!!
Now if the Democrats will keep pushing and hold Bush to the mandatory oversight rules the REPUBLICAN Congress passed and Bush tried to "signing statement" away, we'll be all set. - itanshi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2he already did that, do a search here. made front page too
- shmatt, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Take Digg seriously as what? A political thinktank?
Your'e pulling his comment out of context. In the context of war-instigators, maybe not the worst, but in the context of past US administrations, his is probably the worst ever indeed. - COINTELPROAgent, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2That is the most pitiful attempt at comment spam ever.
- sisko, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5You're too late. This stuff is no longer surprising, but expected.
Now, the administration being held accountable ... that'd be a surprise! - COINTELPROAgent, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Humor man - lighten up.
- khfn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Hellooooo, both parties are corrupt, duh. Stop your bickering and buy a few years worth of freeze dried food, lol.
- Skooma714, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4And still everyone just sits around like it's nothing.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -4/+5And who else was "called out" for their earmarks? Weren't there something like 35,000 of them? Both Republicans and Democrats are guilty, but it is the Democrats who should be taken to the woodshed because the promised, PROMISED to end the practice. So far, the ONLY one of their campaign promises that the kept is to raise the minimum wage.
- lordmike, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1If you look at the record, Earmarks have been significantly reduced by this congress so far.... The accusation is baseless, anyways... since nothing notable has been done on spending bills yet.
- satanatnmtedu, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2It is kinda tough to end ANY practice when you have a single vote of majority. But, I don't think the issue has been brought up yet either. So, the congressional Democrats do deserve some blame, though not enough to be taken to the woodshed, IMO.
- empraptor, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Duplicity... Inconsistent... Goddamn pussies. Just call it hypocrisy. Someone should hit these congressmen upside the head with a giant dictionary.
- khfn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1book em boys, lol
- COINTELPROAgent, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1lol - come on now, if George is the one who is working then how does Cheney hold them???
- rthakidn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1This article is lame, as are most of the post here. The president can not spend one nickel. Any money that is spent on any project comes from appropriation from Congress. If the money is spent, Congress approved it and therefore approved of the reasoning behind it.
- Kindjal, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3We have a new figurative speech,
[to pull a DC] twist and bend the constitution to protect you're ass. figurative speech - get out of a tight situation by blatantly lie and change your position whenever you get cornered. - fknc, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0I pretty much agree.. Every dollar spend through earmarks have already been appropriated by Congress into the current budget. Stopping all earmarking doesn't stop the money from being spent, it just sends it elsewhere.
- COINTELPROAgent, on 10/11/2007, -5/+5Bush has earmarks?
- shmatt, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1You got a quote of this promise you claim? Cause I sure don't remember any Democrats saying "read my lips" last October.
- shmatt, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Cheap ***** strawman arguments, the both of you. How about responding to the article? Are you able to form an opinion about what it said, or just spew ad-hominems at the other side?
Byt the way, catalysis, you're wrong- actually, they said they'd try, that's it, and with their narrow majority in Congress that's about all they can promise. - MaxPowers, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Interestingly enough, Yes. He does have ear creases or ear marks, I thought that was what this story was about... Ear creases seem to signal heart problems.
- shipple, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3If you're tired of Washington wasting your money, check out -- FreeStateProject*org --
- kazimir22, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2but its sooo easy to make fun of his ears...
- lotronewbie, on 10/11/2007, -5/+0terrible Administration ever!But unfortunately he's just the right person who has the power and capability of ruining and fooling you all!!
------
dofus kamas VS runescape money - biffula, on 10/11/2007, -30/+5Wake up and vote Libertarian fools! Repubs are just Dems in sheeps clothing!
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is