John McCain and Tom Coburn appear not to know what a lighthouse is for

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Most of these anti-earmark folks are hypocrites of the worst kind. Earmark spending is a minuscule percentage of our yearly expenditures. If they were really concerned about the debt, they would call for higher taxes or cutting military spending.

For once, I agree with you. All the controversy over earmarks is just a distraction.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

I don't know anything about this particular project, but the fact that earmark spending is miniscule doesn't make it okay.

Earmarks aren't spending. They are allocations of money that has already been approved for spending. Spending is the problem, not earmarks.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

I don't know anything about this particular project, but the fact that earmark spending is miniscule doesn't make it okay.

Earmarks aren't spending. They are allocations of money that has already been approved for spending. Spending is the problem, not earmarks.

I don't like earmarks because they're used as a political tool to buy legislative support and to benefit members of the Appropriations Committee.

If earmarks aren't used, then unelected bureaucrats will decide how the money gets allocated. It won't be any better.