Posted on 05/24/2006 6:46:20 AM PDT by oxcart
The earmark, once fully grown, is known by its voracious appetite and diet, consisting of anywhere from millions to billions of tax dollars.
They frequently lurk in home districts and often appear unrelated to the Cmnibus sp., to which they are a symbiote, not a relative.
The most common variety, Earmarkus liberalis, is often recognized by the distinctive cry of "for the common good!" and "for the childrennnn".
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