Nice...I have to remember that.
That street performer in the pig costume confronting the glowering muzzie is priceless!
Anyway, I looked into the author & the institutes she is affiliated with. Conservative & free enterprise oriented, near as I can tell.
So...why focus on pork to criticise federal farm subsidies and time it for the Fourth of July weekend when more pork is consumed than any other time of year? Did she intend to combine political pork, pork subsidies, AND the pork we enjoy as barbecue, in a single essay?
If so, not very clever & poorly timed, in my opinion.