PorkBall Update: Tiahrt wins one Pork Ball

Todd Tiahrt deserves special recognition for his pork of one pork ball. He is certainly special since he is :

a) responsible for a lot of fiscal irresponsibility and a master of non-accountability, but great at denial, excuses and blame for the huge fiscal mess we are in; and

b) wants a job promo he does not deserve, but unless anyone better runs for Senate, it will come down to election of who is the worst candidate we can tolerate. Personally, I think he deserves to be fired.

Todd gets one pork ball because of all the KS congressman, he gives 40% of his 101 million in pork of your tax dollars to private entities in Wichita. So, give one oink shout to a really crappy congressman.

In regard to Jenkin's fuzzy and ever- changing earmark numbers, today her staff including Chief of Staff Pat Liepold and her staff in DC refuse to disclose what her total earmarks requests really are. So, it's hard to get an exact and precise total making me highly suspect of her own web site and her as a politician campaigning on no earmarks. Not to mention her support and sponsor of a legislative regressive tax scheme.

In regard to Senate earmarks, I talked with both KS Senators offices in DC. Apparently as I was informed, Senators are special. They are going to piecemeal earmarks 30 days prior to committee markup for FY 2010-a changing date that allows piecemeal reporting. Senators are very good at at obstructing transparency efforts and not reporting their earmarks. And typically arrogant whenever any person makes an inquiry regarding the same. This needs to be reconciled in the name of transparency.

Naturally, Senators will fight that process so voters need to demand that process be reconciled with what is required by congressman. KS senators do not want you to know when requests are made; or who made the request until it to late until after they have sent out a press release after the fact, to brag about how wonderful they are. They are not wonderful. They are arrogant and hate to be accountable.

OMB used to a good source of data for getting some earmark data. Since Barry has taken office, there has been a notable change in OMB burying earmark data making it almost impossible to compile any meaningful data on Senators.

In other stuff worth noting, yesterday Obama announced his next tax scheme-tax simplification or "Tax Fairness" So hopefully crap and trap is going to get flushed. Now "Tax Fairness" is going to be eliminating a bunch of itemized deductions hitting the middle class. Barry will keep fighting for the second portion of Spend and Tax to pay for the first part-Spend. Which will only lead to even bigger Tea Party events.

Congrats to patriots and dissenters that did attend the non-political Tea Party events yesterday. I had prior obligations that prevented me from direct participation; although I did attend the first local Tea Party and informed a lot of others about these kinds of events. I especially appreciate some of the organizers for clearly informing politicians they are welcome to attend but not be headline speakers. Hats off to the Chicago Tea Party for not letting RNC Steele give any speech.

My favorite Tea Party was in Austin, TX with rocker Ted Nuegent as reported by fellow linked blogger, Big Feed, Captain Thurston. Both him and JOSOB help me keep things in proper perspective during difficult times for their snarky and satirical posts that make them blog heroes of mine.

JOSOB really deserves a tip of the hat for writing so often about the local and horrible crime scene in an unusual manner (dark satire). JOSOB deserves and has earned a bit of recognition for some of his work effort pertaining to reporting on crime. I merely wonder if there are Pulitzer nomination forms for web bloggers? There certainly should be, if there is not.

Do be careful. A lot of those connected with the Tea Party event organizers are also behind pushing for regressive tax policy schemes like Fair and Flat Tax schemes. Especially, the local Kansas City Fair Tax, Flint Hills, Koch Industries and KS AFP people.

Finally, in regard to DHS Secretary Report classifying almost every American as some kind of terrorist, this may and should result in the first voluntary Abomination resignation in Barry's cabinet. I personally volunteered as a vet to be placed on DHS's list. I recommend everyone else volunteer too. I am pretty certain I am already on several lists in Washington as it is. Proudly.

Next PorkBall Update: Porkball abuses attributed to a distortion and abuse of the "general welfare" clause suggesting why federal pork should not used to fund municipalities because they were too cheap or misguided to maintain their own infrastructure, wasting local taxes on worthless municipal projects and boondoggles. For example, think Jackson County, MO and Kansas City MO.