[jpsb]

Is not an earmark simply a means of insuring money goes where it is intended to go? And is it not a transparent means of doing that? I am having a hard time understand what the problem is with earmarks. Perhaps someone could explain it to me.

Pat Gray has a long history of hating Ron Paul. Why I don't know, but he and Ed Hendi used to rip Paul just about everyday on the air here in Houston before Pat Gray left to join Glenn Beck.

[Leaning Right]

I am having a hard time understand what the problem is with earmarks

Earmarks are probably as old as the Republic. And the problem is that many of them are simply wasteful bribes. it's one reason the country is bankrupt.

Let's say that you and I are congressmen. Your district really does need a new one million dollar bridge. That bridge would be good for your district, and a benefit to the country as a whole.

Wait a minute, says I. If your district gets money, I want my district to get money too. Let's see, how about a one million dollar museum to celebrate the lima bean?

You support my museum and I'll support your bridge. They're both earmarks, and one million dollars of taxpayer money has just been wasted on a lima bean museum.