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November 16, 2005BELTWAY BLOGROLL
The Greased Pig In Congress
During my youth in West Virginia, I loved watching my friends chase the greased pig at the county fair. Most of them grew frustrated and weary long before the pig, and the few who managed to get their hands on the swine usually couldn't keep their grasp for long.
These days, I love watching bloggers chase "pork" in the federal budget, a creature that is as greasy and elusive as any pig in the county fair.
Some bloggers apparently think they have the beast by the ankle or maybe it's curly tail today. But others are not so sure.
Andy Roth has the scoop at The Club for Growth, including a link to commentary from Radley Balko at The Agitator.
"This is smoke and mirrors," Balko wrote of a decision not to fund the "bridge to nowhere" in Alaska that has become the bloggers' rallying point. "It's a cheap stunt by the GOP to deflect public criticism that doesn't really change much of anything.
"All the conference committee did was remove the earmark for the bridges. Alaska will still be getting the same obscene amount of money from the federal government. It's just that the state won't be required to use it to build those two particular bridges. It'll be up to the executive and the state legislature to decide how to spend it."
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