Porky in Wackyland

Jesse Walker | May 24, 2007

The Washington Post reports that -- surprise! -- the new Congress loves its pork.

From the article:

"Absolutely nothing has changed," said the Center for Defense Information's Winslow T. Wheeler, a Senate appropriations and national security aide who worked for both Democrats and Republicans over three decades before stepping down in 2002. "The rhetoric has changed but not the behavior, and the behavior has gotten worse in the sense that while they are pretending to reform things, they are still groveling in the trough."

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|5.24.07 @ 3:07PM|#

Viva la difference!

|5.24.07 @ 3:09PM|#

Congress doesn't love pork.

Americans love pork.

|5.24.07 @ 3:15PM|#

Porcus mortuus est, vivat porcus.

Bhh|5.24.07 @ 3:17PM|#

I want some llama subsidies or something. My oft repeated thesis: not getting cash from the govt in the 00s is like not owning tech stocks in the 90s. It's a gold rush and I'm missing out.

|5.24.07 @ 3:21PM|#

Porcus delenda est.

|5.24.07 @ 3:52PM|#

Porky in Wackyland

Dough for the Do-Do

|5.24.07 @ 3:56PM|#

Americans love pork.

I certainly do, but only on my breakfast/lunch/dinner plate, not in the federal budget.

|5.24.07 @ 4:09PM|#

So, will becoming the Islamist States of America bring the porkfest to an end?

NoStar|5.24.07 @ 4:11PM|#

Not all Americans love the pork, Dan T. Of those that hang out here, only you and joe love the pork.

|5.24.07 @ 4:42PM|#

Porky: "Are y-y-y you r-r-really the l-l-last of the D-d-dodoes

|5.24.07 @ 5:32PM|#

At least we know if McCain gets elected he will make sure we don't pass bills with pork....

|5.24.07 @ 9:18PM|#

Congress doesn't love pork. ...Americans love pork

Well then, why don't you go get porked.

|5.25.07 @ 1:28AM|#

Speaking of joe, where is he to remind that we have to be thankful for the "baby steps" the Democrats are taking?

Oh year, they aren't even taking "baby steps".

Once again, meet the new boss...

Mr. X|5.25.07 @ 9:43AM|#

I especially love the awesome minimum wage and Katrina relief pork that the Congress bought yesterday at the low, low cost of American soldiers' lives.

|5.25.07 @ 10:36AM|#

Wow, Mr. X, when you put it that way, I feel like running over a Congressperson with my car.

|5.25.07 @ 10:42AM|#

Only Pelosi and Co. could make me long for the original reply to this

|5.25.07 @ 7:39PM|#

Where's my gub'ment cheese? I want my gub'ment cheese!

|5.26.07 @ 10:14AM|#

Every year its the same thing we spend qiute a time slopping the congressional and senatorial hogs with our own tax money

|5.29.07 @ 10:43AM|#

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. I'm sure joe will be along any moment now to explain this away. He just needs a little time to get his position off the DNC Talking Points uploaded...

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