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Coburn’s List of Wasteful Spending…<http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AWGTheAngryWhiteGuysBlog/~3/3WeFnYlcGP4/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email> Posted: 20 Dec 2011 07:36 AM PST *Examples of wasteful spending highlighted in “Wastebook 2011” include*: • $75,000 to promote awareness about the role Michigan plays in producing Christmas trees & poinsettias. • $15.3 million for one of the infamous Bridges to Nowhere in Alaska. • $113,227 for video game preservation center in New York. • $550,000 for a documentary about how rock music contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union. • $48,700 for 2nd annual Hawaii Chocolate Festival, to promote Hawaii’s chocolate industry. • $350,000 to support an International Art Exhibition in Venice, Italy. • $10 million for a remake of “Sesame Street” for Pakistan. • $35 million allocated for political party conventions in 2012. • $765,828 to subsidize “pancakes for yuppies” in the nation’s capital. • $764,825 to study how college students use mobile devises for social networking. Here is the link to the full pdf copy of the Wastebook 2011<http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=b69a6ebd-7ebe-41b7-bb03-c25a5e194365>it might take some time to connect and load, just keep trying it worth reading. Related posts: 1. 2,223 Trees to print the budget… what was the store out of .pdf files?<http://www.angrywhiteguy.com/?p=7955> 2. Average White House salary is $81,765.38 plus benefits…<http://www.angrywhiteguy.com/?p=8674> 3. Who’d a thunk it? Buying in bulk saves…<http://www.angrywhiteguy.com/?p=9037> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AWGTheAngryWhiteGuysBlog?a=3WeFnYlcGP4:u5YwiEQTCGY:yIl2AUoC8zA> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AWGTheAngryWhiteGuysBlog?a=3WeFnYlcGP4:u5YwiEQTCGY:V_sGLiPBpWU> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AWGTheAngryWhiteGuysBlog?a=3WeFnYlcGP4:u5YwiEQTCGY:gIN9vFwOqvQ> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AWGTheAngryWhiteGuysBlog?a=3WeFnYlcGP4:u5YwiEQTCGY:F7zBnMyn0Lo> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AWGTheAngryWhiteGuysBlog?a=3WeFnYlcGP4:u5YwiEQTCGY:qj6IDK7rITs> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AWGTheAngryWhiteGuysBlog?a=3WeFnYlcGP4:u5YwiEQTCGY:-BTjWOF_DHI> Capitol Tree Pays Homage to Obama – not Jesus or Santa<http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AWGTheAngryWhiteGuysBlog/~3/w8u2QP9gf_k/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email> Posted: 20 Dec 2011 05:51 AM PST U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Pays Homage to Obama—But Not Jesus<http://cnsnews.com/news/article/us-capitol-christmas-tree-pays-homage-obama-not-jesus> The 63-foot Sierra White Fir lighted at the U.S. Capitol Grounds on Dec. 6 as the official 2011 Capitol Christmas Tree includes a prominently displayed ornament paying homage to President Barack Obama, but includes no ornament readily visible to a person standing near the tree’s base that uses the word “Christmas,” or includes an image of the Nativity, or bears the name or image of Jesus Christ. On the north side of the tree–at a height of about 4 feet and easily visible to people standing near it—there is an ornament that says: “I ♥ President Obama.” Well for one section of the population he is Santa Claus. Related posts: 1. Obamateurism Auto Insurance <http://www.angrywhiteguy.com/?p=5659> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AWGTheAngryWhiteGuysBlog?a=w8u2QP9gf_k:isrISKa7XJA:yIl2AUoC8zA> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AWGTheAngryWhiteGuysBlog?a=w8u2QP9gf_k:isrISKa7XJA:V_sGLiPBpWU> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AWGTheAngryWhiteGuysBlog?a=w8u2QP9gf_k:isrISKa7XJA:gIN9vFwOqvQ> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AWGTheAngryWhiteGuysBlog?a=w8u2QP9gf_k:isrISKa7XJA:F7zBnMyn0Lo> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AWGTheAngryWhiteGuysBlog?a=w8u2QP9gf_k:isrISKa7XJA:qj6IDK7rITs> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AWGTheAngryWhiteGuysBlog?a=w8u2QP9gf_k:isrISKa7XJA:-BTjWOF_DHI> You are subscribed to email updates from The Angry White Guy<http://www.angrywhiteguy.com/> To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now<http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailunsubscribe?k=i-7eEJLhYDcPYWwJbfnxtEd2JbQ> . Email delivery powered by Google Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
