--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of shempmcgurk > Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:26 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Idiot Palin hits fruit fly research but it has > helped autism > > > > 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. > > That was William Proxmire's "Golden Fleece Award": > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Fleece_Award > > He once awarded that for TM research. >
Yes, thanks, that's the person I was thinking of. And, according to your Wiki link, Proxmire is a Democrat. Care to badmouth Proxmire, do_rflex, because I can assure you that half of the Goldenfleece Awards he gave were for earmarks that could be deemed 10 times more silly than fruit flies...
