Friday Funding

Courtesy of Taxpayers for Common Sense here are some earmarks from the 2008 Federal Budget:

Abundant Life Church of God Family and Group Counseling Program
New York, Rep. Israel (D) $24,000.00.

Advanced is a very popular word in the descriptions of the earmarks, easily, a couple of hundred start with it:

Advanced Research to Further National Security Goals.
New York, Reps. Lowery and Nader (D) $1,000,000.

Affordable Weapon System.
Perhaps an advanced slingshot system?
California, Rep. Hunter (R) $15,200,000.

Alien Species Action Plan, Kahului Airport.
I know, it’s alien versus domestic, not human.
Hawaii, Sen. Inouye (D), $1,225,000.

Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado, Denver, CO for a naturally occurring retirement communities demonstration project.
If they’re naturally occurring why do we have to spend money on them? Shouldn’t the demonstration project be getting a bunch of people on a bus, driving to one and saying over the PA system “There’s a naturally occurring retirement community, there’s more where it came from.”
Colorado, Rep. DeGette (D) $287,000.

Alternative Salmon Products, AK.
Where’s George Washington Carver when we need him?
Alaska, Sen. Stevens (King of Earmarks) (R) $818,000.

That takes us half way through the A’s. If, I’m bored in the near future, I’ll continue the series.