This fatuous puff piece in the Washington Post illustrates one of McCain’s best qualities; his ability to cut through BS of this sort and nail wasteful government spending. I do worry about some of his ideas, immigration and campaign finance/first amendment issues, but this crap is reassuring. At least he has the right enemies.
Bob Novak has more on this story.
Tags: earmarks, government waste, McCain
>>>>his ability to cut through BS
Unfortunately, he is facing a Pacific ocean of BS.
The Grizzly bear study is laughable, if such money wasting should be laughed at. It works out to more than $8000 per bear recorded.
Here’s some of my favorite quotes from the article:
>>She has spent 33 years with the federal government, mostly studying bears.
Oh man, a big time lifer.
>>Kendall may retire after she publishes a few more scientific papers emerging from her project.
Retire, and what? Get a real job? She’s only 56.
>>She commutes to Glacier National Park every day…
Some people pay to do this.
>>She’s dressed for the field: Gore-Tex jacket, trusty 25-year-old snow boots.
The Red Wing store where I buy work boots has an advert on the wall that says the average work boot lasts 3 months. I am so proud of myself because I usually get better than a year out of mine.
The Novak piece says the Dems may reform earmarks before the Repubs do. That tells a lot.