Do I smell pork in that emergency bill?

What's the best way to spend wasteful money? Attach them as a rider to President Bush's request for "emergency" spending on Iraq and Afghanistan. Bush requested $105 billion. Congress is going to pass $124 billion. So what's the extra $19-20 billion in the bill?

PORK!!!

Some examples... $74 million for peanut storage, $25 million for spinach growers, $100 million for citrus growers, $16 million to convert an old FDA building into more office space.

I thought Democrats were supposed to submit these projects through the normal appropriation process. Are these expenditures really critical?

Democratic House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer:
"We have provided all of the money the president requested- and more."

In response to Republican critics:
"They are a strange group to talk about buying votes," Hoyer chuckled. "This is the crowd that took pork barrel spending to new levels of irresponsibility."

So he's saying that Democrats are less worse?

I am guessing Democrats are not counting the money as part of their projected 2008 budget plans. Hey, if we do not count the emergency bills, the deficit is decreasing! Rubbish!

Different party, same face.