From CNN: What GOP Leaders Deem Wasteful In Senate Stimulus Bill

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I just was sent a CNN article with the following title, What GOP Leaders deem wasteful in Senate stimulus bill.

Among the highlights (along with my own captions):

Hollywood Strikes Again

  • A $246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film.

Television Smellyvision

  • $650 million for the digital television converter box coupon program.

What Ever Happened To Global Warming?

  • $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship).

What War On Terror?

  • $448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland Security headquarters.
  • $248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters.

Going Ga Ga Over Green Green Cause Baby, We Are Getting A New FREE Car!

  • $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees.
  • $6 billion to turn federal buildings into “green” buildings.

Don’t Let The Bed Bugs Bite!

  • $400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD’s.

Better Get Rid Of All Them Cow Patties!

  • $1.4 billion for rural waste disposal programs.

Washington D.C. Must Not Like The Smell Of Its Own Waste

  • $125 million for the Washington sewer system.

Can You Be A Little More Vague Please?

  • $75 million for “smoking cessation activities.”
  • $1.2 billion for “youth activities,” including youth summer job programs.

Building New Labs For Embryo Harvesting Perhaps?

  • $500 million for building and repairing National Institutes of Health facilities in Bethesda, Maryland.

Keep Looking Out For The Community Organizers

  • $160 million for “paid volunteers” at the Corporation for National and Community Service.

And Finally…

Because Everybody Knows How Important It Is To Have Green Camouflage In The Middle Of The Desert.

  • $200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for use on military installations.
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