Pork 2005
With the war in Iraq not going well you would think we would be doing all we could to support our troops. It seems there is a higher priority (I'm so suprised!). There shortages in Iraq, some we know about i.e. body armor, vehicle armor and some we don't know about e.g. rations and bullets (really, as reported on TV and we know they never lie). So state senator Ted Stevens gets put into the recently passed military budget a marathon track to be built in Alaska. You get re-elected doing this sort of thing, people dying due to lack of body armor will be blamed on somebody else. This is just a typical example. Don Young also of Alaska got over 900 million for his state in the recently passed transpertation bill included in it will be a bridge from Anchorage to Knck that will bear his name. Also included will be a train station at the Diamond Center for the commuter train that doesn't exist. But that is only 3 million and besides, isn't he buddies with the guy that owns the Diamond Center? It would be interesting to look up how much money was given the re-elect Young fund from the Diamond Center.