Comments on: The Senate's King Of Pork - And Fish

Sen. Ted Stevens Is Spending Millions Of Your Tax Dollars On Alaska, Including Its Salmon

[infidel_us]

I don''''t suppose you have any proof of your statement do you? Posted by MCVet at 09:07 AM : Oct 13, 2007

I DO! But I don''t think you''re smart euough to analyze it. But for everyone else''s benefit, here it is:

According to Taxpayers for Common Sense - ''Clinton, placed $2.2 billion worth of earmarks in spending bills from 2002-2006. One would have to concede that she is good at it. In the fiscal 2008 defense-spending bill alone, Clinton successfully attached 26 earmarks worth $148 million, which was the most of any Democrat except Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, who is now chairman of the Armed Services Committee.''

It''s easy to say this republican leads the pack - if you look at it on a PER CAPITA basis. What''s the population of Alaska? CBS - biased as always.

[mcvet]

And what about that old geezer Senator from West Virginia? He droans on and on, spends and spends, but not a word from the Liberal Mouthpiece which is CBS! No wonder your ratings are in the can.


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Posted by ringAding3 at 08:31 PM : Oct 12, 2007
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Right! Typical Fascist! Can''t defend your OWN slime so you pick on someone else. Strange but I don''t remember Byrd running on "Family Values" or a Promise to stop the "Tax and Spend" economics? But that wouldn''t matter to you freaks would it? You are just a member of a cult and wouldn''t admit wrong doing or lying by the Reich no matter what! Sieg Heil Bush!!

[mcvet]

This is an out and out LIE! Clinton is on record as the most $$$$ going back to NY. Biased as always, eh CBS!?!?!


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Posted by infidel_us at 08:23 AM : Oct 13, 2007
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I don''t suppose you have any proof of your statement do you? Well outside that magic swastika you carry around! ROFLMAO You fascist are so funny the more disperate you get the more rediculous your claims get. Course you are such a bootlicker things go right over your head and are never noticed. You can''t notice much while on your knees... or are you a Wide Stance kind of Bootlicker? ROFLMAO Sieg Heil Bush!!

[infidel_us]

This is an out and out LIE! Clinton is on record as the most $$$$ going back to NY. Biased as always, eh CBS!?!?!

[scottyusa]

I can''t help but wonder where he placed his earmarks. The defense bill maybe? That would be something. Take money away from our military for salmon baby food. Of course he is not the only one doing this he is just better at it.

[keithle1]

SOB needs to die. Almost 40 years in the Senate. Retire already. Give someone else a chance to be Senator. Of course when Stevens does hang it up then Alaska loses its "buying power" in the Senate.

Hardly anyone living in Alaska. 2006 estimate by
the Census Bureau: 670,053. A little more than the population of Washington, D.C. which is 581,530.

Why does Alaska deserve this?

"But when it comes to the Last Frontier state, so much federal money is pouring in to so few - it works out to more than $4,300 dollars per person."

"Stevens, known for funding Alaska''s infamous "bridges to nowhere" is also behind what critics might call a "ferry to nowhere." He''s earmarked $58 million so far to the ferry project that would serve a little-used port in Alaska."

"The Senator wouldn''t agree to talk to us.." Aww.
Isn''t that special. Kind of Senator that the Senate doesn''t need.

Maybe he''ll go on a fishing boat for a tour & fall off during a storm.

[scottm99835]

Full disclosure: I live in Alaska.

So, did you really do your research? How much of this so-called federal "Stevens" money is spent on Alaska as payment in lieu of taxes? Did you disaggregate the dollars spent on U.S. military infastructure in Alaska, or did your research begin and end with the bridge and Salmon plane?

Does it matter that the East Coast establishment pulled 240,000 sq miles off the table for development in the form of reserves (yes miles, not acres; Texas = 270,000 sq miles) and another 115,000 sq miles in BLM holdings. Does it matter that Alaska is handcuffed from developing it''''s own resource base to uphold your college''''s board of regents enviro-political agenda?

Consider the congressionally vetted dollars that are spent on trying to kick start a new state into the type of economy that you enjoy in the East as cheap rent for the National Park you have turned Alaska into. Allowing Ivy League Executive Branch agency heads who know little more about Alaska than what their professors warned them about to usurp our electorate and congressional delegation on matters relating to our ability to self determine will not serve our state or future.

I hope Ted has another 20 years in him.

[kansas1946]

So why would the people of Alaska not re-elect him over and over. Pork is the name of the game. Forget term limits. Who is going to push to put themselves out of a job. The Constitution has to be changed to do that, and we know how carefully the Republicans consider the constitution. (Not)

[sgtrds]

Ted Stevens has been the biggest pig at the trough for years and years. It''ll be nice to see his wrinkly as*s go to prison when the FBI is done investigating this walking, talking pile of corrupt BS. Hope they nail his lying equally corrupt little bas***** of a son too.

[ringading3]

And what about that old geezer Senator from West Virginia? He droans on and on, spends and spends, but not a word from the Liberal Mouthpiece which is CBS! No wonder your ratings are in the can.

[likeitis5050]

Term limits would have prevented this, but who expects Congress to cut their own throats?