LaHood is Porker of the Month
In addition to voting to deny private citizens the right to discuss politics on the Internet, Peoria’s Congressman, Ray LaHood, is hard at work screwing over Katrina Victims by diverting precious funds for local pork:
Rep. LaHood has teamed up with other lawmakers to procure farm assistance money for Midwestern states, claiming that farmers should be compensated for disruptions to grain shipments on the Mississippi River after Hurricane Katrina. But farmers are already “compensated” by taxpayers to the tune of $17.8 billion per year with most of that money going to large farms and agribusinesses. Illinois farms were the third-highest subsidized in the nation from 1995-2003, according to the Environmental Working Group. Comparing a cyclical drought to the worst natural disaster in U.S. history opens the federal trough to every special interest that can claim it was indirectly affected by the Gulf Coast hurricanes.
Let’s look at the LaHood scorecard:
Pro-censorship: Yes.
Pro-pork: Yes.
Hat tip: PeoriaIllinoisan.
Billy Dennis is a former reporter and editor at small daily and weekly newspapers in Illinois and Missouri. He comments on media, news and politics. He also owns and operates 
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