A list, I might add, that already had to be changed by the Senators because it turns out that they were a wee bit less than honest with their cherry picking:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/08/03/senators.stimulus.spending/?iref=polticker It's a shame, really, because we need more critical looks into government funded projects. McCain and Coburn, unfortunately, seemed more interested in trying to drum up a list of 100 regardless of how they had to characterize them. It would be nice to see a non-partisan investigation of all the projects to see whether the projects were well conceived in the first place and how their results measure up to their initial applications. I'm sure that there are a number of dubious projects that got funded, just like there is with every government budget. I'd love to see them. I don't think that McCain and Coburn are the people that will actually bring them to light though. Judah On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Before you click, this is partisan in that tt was released by Tom Coburn > and the "Maverick" John McCain. > > It also CF based. > > Summertime Blues: 100 stimulus projects that give taxpayers the > blues<http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=e1e0624e-d02a-42d4-9dbb-f5b9f21b3572> > > Table of Contents > Introduction > ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ > 4 > 1. Forest Service to Replace Windows in Visitor Center Closed in 2007 > (Amboy, WA) -$554,763 > .................................................................. 5 > 2. Dance Draw - Interactive Dance Software Development (Charlotte, NC) - > $762,372 > .................................................................................. > 6 > 3. North Shore Connector to Professional Sports Stadiums, Casino > (Pittsburgh, PA) - $62 > million................................................................ 7 > 4. FEMA Stalls Two Texas Fire Stations More Than a Year, Increases Costs > (San Antonio, TX) - $7.3 million > ..............................................9 > 5. Abandoned Train Station Converted Into Museum (Glassboro, NJ) - $1.2 > million > ....................................................................................... > 10 > 6. Ants Talk. Taxpayers Listen (San Francisco, CA) - $1.9 million > ........................................................................................................................ > 11 > 7. Stimulus Project Threatens Pastors House (Newark, OH) - $1.8 million > ...................................................................................................... > 12 > 8. Old Abandoned Iron Furnace Gets Facelift after Money Squandered on Same > Project Years Before (Fitchburg, KY) $357,710 ......14 > 9. Power Plant Construction Wont Start for at Least Two Years (Kern County, > CA) - $308 million > ................................................................ 15 > 10. Town Replaces New Sidewalks With Newer Sidewalks That Lead to Ditch > (Boynton, OK) - $89,298 ................................................... > 16 > > > > J > > - > > I refuse to leave our children with a debt that they cannot repay. > We cannot simply spend as we please and defer the consequences. > - Barrack Oba > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324307 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
