On April 15 there is going to be Tax Day Tea Party here in San Antonio to protest the two bailout packages.
One passed under the Bush' Administration and the other passed under Obama's administration, plus the passing of the Pork Barrel Bill. The $410 billion omnibus spending bill contains over eight hundred earmarks.
They range from funding la Raza to mosquito research to “mormon” crickets in Utah. As despicable as I find the nearly $1 million that is headed to la Raza I wanted to focus on another earmark that is in this bill. I think it sums up the bill quite nicely. There is nearly $2 million designated for “swine odor and manure management.”
Two million dollars to manage the smell of pigs, and I assume the removal of pig shit. Just for the record this pork belongs to Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa. This is where our tax dollars are going. What are they currently doing with the pig shit and why can’t they continue to do what they are doing with it? Why do they need this money? Can’t they use it for fertilizer? (The pig shit not the money, but really does it matter which?) This is the type of spending that just makes a person shake his head in amusement. It is of no use to even get angry at this type of waste. You just have to laugh when you see this to keep from crying at the thought of how these people are spending our money. And I thought that during the campaign then candidate Obama said this about Sarah Palin ”you can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig.” You sure as hell can buy quite a bit of lipstick with $2 million. This particular earmark in this bill is symbolic of what is wrong with Washington, the bill is full of shit, literally. The man who claimed that he would veto any bill with any pork has broken his promise and signed this bill. I was raised in Iowa and Minnesota and just naturally PIGS STINK!

Our children and our childrens' children will be paying this debt, long after we're dead and gone. They're going to curse our profligate, spendthrift memory - and rightly so. The Tax Day Tea Party Committe is planning on holding another planning committee meeting at 5 PM, Sunday 29 March at The Lighthouse Coffee and Cafe, 18730 Stone Oak Pkwy,Suite 100, San Antonio, Tx. We need more volunteers to help us make this an outstanding event in San Antonio. United we could get our voices heard all the way to Washington, D.C. We invite you and anyone interested in helping make this event successful is invited!