Kudos to the two blogs — one liberal, the other conservative — for uncovering the identities of the two U.S. senators who were blocking anti-pork bill co-sponsored by Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. They are — no surprise to anyone — Ted Stevens of Alaska and Robert Byrd of West Virginia, two of the biggest [...]

A couple days ago, I came across a comment on a blog complaining that Barack Obama is overrated because, among other reasons, he hasn’t successfully sponsored a piece of legislation.
It’s a silly argument of course. Obama is the first to tell you that his job the past few years has been to listen and learn. [...]

The nearly 1.5 million in Peoria-area projects includes $250,000 to help Bradley University renovate Bradley Hall, $250,000 to expand Glen Oak Zoo, $250,000 to Lakeview Museum to help build a downtown museum of Peoria hitory, $500,000 to help rehab roads in Springdale Cemetery and another $200,000 to help the Heartland Clinic bring services [...]

Yes, I am going to write an article about what pork Peorians can do without to help cover the costs of Katrina (and now Rita) disaster relief. But you are going to have to read it in The Community Word newspaper later next week.
Neener, neener.
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