[andy58-in-nh]

Here's a small sampling from The Porkfest (Prokfest?):

$1 billion for Amtrak (a/k/a The Post Office on Wheels. It hasn't turned a profit in 40 years)

$2 billion for child-care subsidies (thanks, but I'm already supporting my own kids).

$50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts (whatever would we do without it???

$400 million for global-warming research (during the coldest year in a friggin' decade)

$2.4 billion for "carbon-capture" demonstration projects. (that's like trapping farts under a blanket, only much, much more expensive).

$650 million (on top of the billions already doled out) to pay for even more digital TV conversion coupons. Honestly, Barack: Grandma's already bought a new set at Wal*Mart. It cost less than the damned coupon.

[SueRae]

rofl at the carbob capture remark...but a great illustration.