--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > I hazard to assume that every obscure earmark ever funded by the > > federal government had some important, lofty purpose to which the > > cause and effect did not seem apparent to the general public. > > > > The fruit fly research referred to here is no exception. > > > > But politicians railing against such earmarks is nothing new. Such > > pronouncements have been going on for decades...and it knows no > > difference between parties. > > > > I remember one Congressman back in the '80s (I forget his name) who > > used to every few months, like Mr. Blackwell announcing his Top Ten > > Worst Dressed List, publicize his own "list" of silly earmarks. I > > think he was a Democrat. > > > > This has been going on for years, do_rflex, and the fact that Palin > > is doing it now is nothing new. > > > > The Congressman who currently has the job as the "exposer of silly > > earmaks" happens to be my Congressman here in Arizona, named Jeff > > Flake (who, like you, is a Mormon). > > > John Manning isn't a Mormon. I've never been a Mormon, Magoo. >
I apologize. I assumed - wrongly -- that you were because you once lived in Mesa, Arizona (not that everyone that lives here is a Mormon but it has a high percentage of Mormons), that you were married to a Mormon I thought, and that you spend an inordinate amount of time on Mormon discussion groups.
