[Old Sarge]

Earmarks. Aren’t those things they clip onto a sow’s ears before they’re harvested?

[edcoil]

“She said they should be called “legislative directives””

Legislative directives assumes the legislation has some direction and would cement this type of behavior as acceptable.

Its not, therefore lets try another name: Corrupt Congressional Requirements or CCR’s as you prefer.

[alloysteel]

Explanation of the term “earmarks”, for those of you who were not swine farmers:

When pigs are born, they have a great tendency to look identical to human eyes. To distinguish them, the swine herdsman places notches, made with a clipper that takes out a “V” shaped notch out of the edge of the newborn pig’s ear.

There is a complete system of marking, based on location and number of the notches, that identify the sow mother, and various other criteria the swine herdsman is looking for in growing and maintaining the progeny. The mark remains with the pig for its lifetime, and serves to provide a crude genealogy if the pig is selected to be retained in the breeding herd.

So you can see the connection with “pork”. The earmarks are just a guide to assure the right people know the genesis of the benefits that come showering down upon them from the Federal treasury.

[Natural Law]

"“Why don’t we leave here today forgetting the word earmark?” She said they should be called “legislative directives” instead."

That is double plus ungood!

[bruinbirdman]

"In a Tuesday press conference about appropriation bills, Pelosi said, “Why don’t we leave here today forgetting the word earmark?” She said they should be called “legislative directives” instead."

See Tagline below.

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