Woodstock Museum Funding Nixed (Clinton, Schumer)

WHIO TV ^ | 10-18-07

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$1 Million Earmark Removed From Health Bill

Plans for $1 million in federal funding for a museum to honor the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival struck a sour note with critics Thursday.

It ended badly, with critics successfully striking down the plan for federal tax money to be spent on the museum.

The plan began as an earmark in the federal health and education spending bill.

Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Chuck Schumer, both of New York, supported the earmark.

Critics, though, targeted the plan after it gained some national exposure.

“The Woodstock museum is a shining example of what’s wrong with Washington on pork-barrel, out-of-control spending,” said John McCain, Arizona senator and presidential hopeful.

“The earmark pork-barrel spending has made the American people disenchanted and angry,” McCain said.

Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz, and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., moved Thursday to strip the Woodstock earmark from the health and education bill.

They won a key 52-42 vote and the earmark was dropped.

Ohio’s two senators were split on the issue, according to The Associated Press.

Sen. George Voinovich voted to kill the earmark. Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to keep it.

In a written statement, Coburn said the health and education bill should fund just that, health and education.

“I’m pleased my colleagues took a bold stand today in defense of common sense and rejected the self-interested parochial politics that have disillusioned millions of Americans. Maybe this is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius for taxpayers,” Coburn said.

The Woodstock museum is due to open next year in the upstate New York town of Bethel.

Supporters of the earmark said the federal funding would spur economic development and tourism.

Critics called it a hippie museum and a taxpayer-funded LSD flashback.

[Marysecretary]

You’re right! If I win because of Yasgur, I’ll split the winnings with you.

[Hardastarboard]

That’s probably his Grand Cherokee in the background. What do you think the Chi-Coms will do with all these cats when they finally take over the US?

[pandoraou812]

Awww, Mary I am so sorry you weren’t feeling well & I will have you in my prayers for that transplant list ...Lots of hugs & prayers...Love ~Pandy~

[montag813]

I can’t wait to have fun with this in 30-second sports next summer.

[DustyMoment]

We do have Muslims though & the jailhouse converts scare me as I have lived by one of their mosques years ago.

It's nice countryside - they just need to rid the left coast of the hippy leftovers. LOL!!

Re: the Muzzies - I agree. They are going to plunge us into the Crusades - The Sequel if we don't stop them now. I also think we should stop pretending that we are tolerant of their aberrent cult of oppression, tyranny and death, and run them out of the country.

[TigersEye]

LOL That is very generous of you. Hopefully they will ask me his first name and now I’ll remember it is Max.

[tioga]

I lived in Corning at the time of the Watkins Glen happining. We watched the crowd parading through for more than 24 hours. Bumper to bumper, stop and go traffic. They were haning out on the roofs of their cars, smokin whatever, and the cops just kept waving them through town to get rid of them.

[pandoraou812]

I was 15 years old & my older brother’s girlfriend took me w/o telling my parents. I had a great time until I got home & was grounded. I don’t go to concerts anymore. I don’t like the crowds & all the drugs/drinking. I have changed so much as I got older thankfully.

[maine-iac7]

Something to use on Hillary during the debates...

She's piled up quite a list just in the last few weeks:

$5,000 bond to every new born. NOT

$1,000 into everyone's 401K NOT

Universal health "for the Children ...for families with income up to $83,000 NOT

Steal a cool million from the health plan for the hippie museum NOT

Seems like there's another one?

We seriously need to keep a list for next falls ads...Just have clips of her proposing these things that all failed and end it with her cackle video...and a subtitle line quietly running across the bottom - "These were all cockamamie schemes and she wasn't able to get even one of them through - and we should make her president?"

[Ax]

No. No way, Jose.

Absolutely not.

No. I have classy friends.

I am a brave of 65 summers. I was stationed in England at the time.

[pandoraou812]

I also think we should stop pretending that we are tolerant of their aberrent cult of oppression, tyranny and death, and run them out of the country.

Well we agree on something! ~Pandy~

[johnny7]

She's piled up quite a list just in the last few weeks...

There was one more:

"I have a million ideas, the country can't afford them all.”

[Clemenza]

The east coast hippies moved to Vermont. The west coast hippies moved to Washington and Oregon. Bellingham, WA is essentially a retirement center for old hippies.

[Clemenza]

The same people who forget Watkins Glen also tend to forget who holds the attendence record for Shea Stadium. No, it was NOT the Beatles, it was...GRAND FUNK RAILROAD!

[FreedomPoster]

Can I pick “None of the above”?

[ballplayer]

Good so let Hillary build it with her millions

[pandoraou812]

Thats fine by me, I am all for Hillary building it. I think that since they already built something in that field its taken care of . People can go there & see the field & that ought to be fine.

[pandoraou812]

lmao...Well thats good. I wondered after all the hippie talk where NJ’s went. Most of the ones my older siblings knew retired and got on with their lives. A few even made tons of money.

[pandoraou812]

Now that info I didn’t know...I am going to use that on my husband tonight. He thinks he know it all...Thanks! ~Pandy~

[Marysecretary]

Thanks, Pandy. I made my appointments for the mammogram and colonoscopy (arghhh) so after I pass them, I can be put on the list. I always appreciate hugs and prayers! Love, Mxxx