Mitt the capitalist weasel!!

Chris...I'm a fan...would like to suggest you look this story "UP!" Ha - sorry about that, anyway here's the link to Sen McCaskill's press release posting:

www.mccaskill.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=1416

It's just a little "Tea Party" House Freshman Hypocrisy (part 7, 8, 9?): Behold the double secret probation earmarks, "

The report includes a thorough analysis of the process the House committee relied upon to add the earmarks, as well as a review of each spending amendment adopted to the legislation. The conclusions of McCaskill’s investigation, include:

• Of the 225 amendments to the legislation that were approved by the House Armed Services Committee, an astonishing 115 were found to be earmarks, amounting to $834 million in proposed federal spending.
• An additional 31 spending amendments passed by the Committee appear to be earmarks, but sufficient evidence is not available for a conclusive determination.
• Of the earmarks secretly inserted into the legislation, 20 were added by freshman House Republicans—many of whom had campaigned on pledges to end earmarks.
• The earmarks were allowed to be inserted into the bill because of an elaborate process put in place by the Committee’s Chairman, Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-Cali.), that involved providing assistance in drafting amendments for his members to add the earmarks, clearing the amendments in large blocks with little or no debate during mark-up of the bill, and—most egregiously—the establishment of slush funds that could be used to offset the spending for pet projects"

Anyway - love the show...keep it "UP!" - sorry (again)...