Pork Bill

It appears as though the Pork bill is going to pass. How 'bout some insight into the way your elected officials work. The original bill was set at $818 billion. In the last week we have seen the House pass the bill with no Republican votes and 11 votes that came from Blue Dog Democrats. Then the Senate took over. They've talked and cursed each other. The banter back and forth has become so contentious that the bill is now up to $900 billion. What's going to happen is this spending bill will pass after Congress cuts out $100 billion. We're at the exact same spot at which we began. The American people will slap each other on the back and admit that, yes, we can make bipartisanship work. "Yuck, yuck, yuck", exclaimed the three little piggys as they sidled down to the trough.
Obama went on TV last night and acted like a big baby; chastising hard core Republican senators for not falling on their swords. I'll enjoy seeing which RINO's roll over but it's going to be the usual suspects, Snowe and Collins from Maine, Voinovich from Ohio. What the heck. All that's needed are two votes to destroy our economy. Arlen Specter might qualify as a snake, too.
The CBO, Congressional Budget Office, a non-partisan financial group but stocked primarily Democrats, tells us the Pork Bill will achieve nothing.
And so it goes.