The American Spectator

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p>Well, with ground rules like these, conservatives might as well stay home and let the liberals run things. Apparently only liberals are allowed to shake up things, comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable when the notion hits them. br> -- Michael Wm. Dooley br> Indianapolis, Indiana /p> p> WHERE'S MY SLICE? br> Re: David Holman's Pork Roundup : /p> p>Following a lead from this story, I visited the Taxpayers for Common Sense website, and pulled up the list of earmarks for my state. I was looking for something with which to fuel my righteous indignation at my hard-earned dollars being spent on worthless fluff. But soon after I began to look at the list, I started curiously wondering what work is going to be done in MY city, MY neighborhood. I was surprised at myself -- and it occurred to me that if I can start looking eagerly at pork-barrel spending after just 15 seconds, I'm not too surprised at our representatives in Congress. Perhaps the fact that they can't seem to stop gorging themselves on spending is partially due to the months spent debating how much money to spend -- I suspect it can become addictive. Now, I'm not giving them an excuse -- they should all be able to get useful work done without needing to waste buckets of money to grease the wheels. And it's sad that my fellow Republicans are every bit as responsible for all this nest-feathering as the Dems. br> --

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