Thursday, April 6th, 2006

The 2006 Pig Book is out!

Produced by Citizens Against Government Waste it details almost 10,000 pork projects in the Federal budget. Here are some of the lowlights:

Pig Book Oinkers

The Flushing our Money Down the Toilet Award
to Representative Vernon Ehlers (R-Mich.) for $1 million for the Waterfree Urinal Conservation Initiative.
The Taxpayers Get Stuffed Award
for [...]

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Today’s Blogmarks

Grabbed from my blogmarks.

Army Bans Privately Bought Armor
Just six months after the Pentagon agreed to reimburse soldiers who bought their own protective gear, the Army has banned the use of any body armor that is not issued by the military. In a new directive, effective immediately, the Army said it cannot guarantee [...]

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

ACLU wants to limit free speech

The hypocrital ACLU is at it again. They’ll stand up for free speech, as long as it’s speech they agree with. But if you want to say something they don’t agree with, they want the government to censor you.

ACLU endorses bill limiting pregnancy center rights

A new congressional effort to police advertising by crisis [...]