The guy sounds like the John Murtha of Kentucky . The man brought home the bacon to his district , but that had better be over now .

Cooper is obviously mistaken. The Congressman is a Republican. They disavow pork, as we all know.

Big Eddie said:
but that had better be over now .

Even the Tea Partiers have given us little hope that will happen. Any Rand Paul is already hard at work pulling pork.

Fact: Do it for yourself here.
http://www.cagw.org/reports/pig-book/2010/pork-database.html

Just remember that every single item this man and the many many others of both parties got was voted on by a majority of his peers.In other words as usual both parties are to blame equally.

“It’s right down the road, by the way, from the Hal Rogers Parkway.”

I preferred it when it was the Daniel Boone parkway but face it, all of our roads and post offices are being renamed after congressmen. To pick out that a road is named after him is being just plain malicious and showing a bias towards one politician or political party..

Why restrict it to him Mitch McConnell is also a big porker and the are both from Kentucky. Yet these are the biggest phonies talking to their people about cutting spending. Yet, their people are happy to take in the pork when it comes in, it’s clear that they want it for themselves but not for others.
This is why Congress is a joke, where the loudest mouth gets the attention. They should be called out or have their records checked every time they repeat their crap.

i love the “wait for it—11,000.”
it’s like when they interviewed belichick after the game monday. he said…wait for it—they were a good team and we’re just looking forward to playing chicago.

dhg said:
Just remember that every single item this man and the many many others of both parties got was voted on by a majority of his peers.In other words as usual both parties are to blame equally.

This is absolutely true and it needs to be stopped. While I hear that earmarks are actually a rather small portion of the deficit, they still need to be reigned in. Good example is the one for cheatahs. And it is most certainly a conflict of interest. Has all to do with his daughter and nothing to do with the zero amount of cheatahs in Kentucky.

I’m not a huge fan of Anderson Cooper, but I have absolutely no problem with him exposing this yutz or any other yutz from either party that porks like this.

New York got $3.5 million to study wine genetics, I know several people that would have done that job for free.

dhg said:
Just remember that every single item this man and the many many others of both parties got was voted on by a majority of his peers.In other words as usual both parties are to blame equally.

a truer statement hasn’t been said. the sad thing is after the tea party people get into the house, how far of a leash will k-street give them?

Cooper is correct, they all talk the talk but very few actually walk the walk.

Part of the problem is the getting the people who vote for him to see that all that pork, which benefits them, is bad for the country as a whole. How do you campaign on that in the state?

Oh, and then this guy gets to be head of the house appropriations committee. Maybe we ought to question how that happened and who supported it.

@Albert, “Cooper is correct, they all talk the talk but very few actually walk the walk.”

I agree, now let’s hope AC keeps both sides of the aisle “honest” about their promises to eliminate or cut earmarks, especially Obama.

However, let’s not forget that “we the people” voted in these clowns so it is up to us to hold them accountable.

CosmosDan said:
Part of the problem is the getting the people who vote for him to see that all that pork, which benefits them, is bad for the country as a whole. How do you campaign on that in the state?

Possibly, but I have to wonder how many of his constiuents would support the appropriation for his daughter over that money being used for the good of their state if they had knowlege of it. I know it would piss me off if say my school system could have used that money for say books, computers and such.

constiuents – constituents

w_t_f said:
Possibly, but I have to wonder how many of his constiuents would support the appropriation for his daughter over that money being used for the good of their state if they had knowlege of it. I know it would piss me off if say my school system could have used that money for say books, computers and such.

I’m not sure what you’re referring to but I mean things like the airport money, that does benefit the state but seems to ultimately waste the money by improving an airport that barely functions. Or, was that National Center even necessary at all, anywhere? Seems like small potatoes but I imagine there are thousands of those appropriations going on while they flap their gums about fiscal responsibility.

libra blue said:
@Albert, “Cooper is correct, they all talk the talk but very few actually walk the walk.”

I agree, now let’s hope AC keeps both sides of the aisle “honest” about their promises to eliminate or cut earmarks, especially Obama.

However, let’s not forget that “we the people” voted in these clowns so it is up to us to hold them accountable.

That’s true. I’m beginning to think it’s not enough to vote in every election and call and send emails. We need a citizens group that bangs on their office doors and gets some media attention about the shit they are pulling.

Make it law . No earmark can enter the floor under a un balanced budget .
In Texas it is in our State Constitution . to have a balance budget . Not that hard of a concept to grasp . Government and people spending money they don’t have is why all these messes exist to begin with .

The only way to keep them honest is to shine the light. Republicans absolutely engage in this as much as democrats, good for Anderson. The point of the Tea Party is to stop these games on all sides. That’s why so many people are independents, both parties are a mess.

CosmosDan said:
I’m not sure what you’re referring to but I mean things like the airport money, that does benefit the state but seems to ultimately waste the money by improving an airport that barely functions. Or, was that National Center even necessary at all, anywhere? Seems like small potatoes but I imagine there are thousands of those appropriations going on while they flap their gums about fiscal responsibility.

That’s my whole point. If they knew what the earmarks were for. Any of those examples vs the money could be better spent on say their schools, highways whatever that is in true need of repair etc. compared to the examples we were given in this segment. They may very well be unhappy about his choices of earmarks and not vote for him again.

@CosmosDan, “We need a citizens group that bangs on their office doors and gets some media attention about the shit they are pulling.”

You are so right! We need a “keeping them honest” watchdog/lobbyist type group to go around doing just that. Maybe then they will listen.

Too many “citizens” are content to be in the silent majority, complaining to each other without bothering to make a phone call or email their government officials.

Hey guys!

Was Anderson Cooper on administrative leave while Obama campaigned for office?

I’m just curious, because it has actually been asserted that Obama would not pass the basic background check for enlistment in the FBI and the CIA, due to his background, his past associations(with terrorists like Bill Ayers and multiple convict Tony Rezko) and “frequently inhaled” cocaine habit etc… Sadly and ironically, he now sits at the top of the leadership of both intelligence organizations, with full authority over them by virtue of the office he now holds as Commander-in-Chief.

I have been so dumb for not knowing that investigative “Journalism” must have to do with specific political targets in a specific party.

Maybe it would be interesting someday to watch this blonde progressive journalist dissect the political and non political activities of Nancy Pelosi, Charlie Rangel, John Kerry and perhaps both Clintons. We might also applaud him when he digs deep into George Soros someday; maybe Maurice Strong???

Whew! give me a break fellows.

Kick him out… see you later Hal Rogers

Cooper would have more credibility if he had taken on politicians from both parties who deal in pork barrel boondoggles. But when this liberal pundit working for a liberal network only takes on a Republican, everyone can figure out what is going on. Namely, more partisan bias from CNN. Don’t the honchos at this network realize that this political advocacy disguised as journalism is the main reason why CNN is destroyed in the ratings by Fox every night of the week?

In reading these posts, one might be inclined to think those who are Democrats do not like representatives who bring home the pork, but I hardly think that is true: The Democrats, as a rule, simply don’t like it when Republicans are porkers. Dual standards? You bet!

Conversely, those whom I believe would identify with the Republican Party might be inclined to defend Rogers, and they are equally guilty of applying dual standards.

In actuality, both sides are spending this country into oblivion and they’re pitting us against one another as they do so. Wake the hell up people and demand of your representatives that they behave in a manner that is fiscally responsible. If you do not, your children and grandchildren will be slaves and they will curse the day that you were born for ruining the best country that has ever existed.

Does anyone believe that a spending bill MUST stand on its own merit? If you believe that then you might also believe “We the Idiots” should demand a balanced budget amendment WITHOUT tax hikes to cover the spending AND that pork spending be outlawed.