2 pounds of ham at $595,000

Red State/ Recovery.gov ^ | July 18, 2009 | drealoth

[GeronL]

Promoted from the diaries. We’d assume that this was some sort of data entry error, but then again, we have no reason to believe that at all. It is, after all, government ham.

I give up. I freaking give up. I tried to sit on the fence, reserve judgement. I tried to be a lefty among right wingers, a righty among left wingers. I told myself, hey, RedState is just as crazy as the Daily Kos, two sides of the same coin. I told myself that I’d give Obama a year before I made any judgment. But ham is now $1.1 million a pound, which changes everything. You guys win. This is wack

http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/contracts-recipient-summary&id=12-AG3J14120297196&mode=details&primeid=27

[GeronL]

LOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GeronL]

This should be on every ping list

[Army Air Corps]

Talk about porkbarrel spending!

[allmost]

Bump.

[allmost]

Recipient Name CLOUGHERTY PACKING, LLC Recipient Address 3049 E VERNON AVE Recipient City LOS ANGELES Recipient State CALIFORNIA Recipient Zip Code 90058-1800 Congressional District CALIFORNIA-34

[GeronL]

I think they produce the Farmer John’s Label

[allmost]

Government Meats. It costs less to kill and repackage you. Stupid people should be eaten by the livestock that feed the elite. / algore

[OCCASparky]

Whoops...also posted on it. That’s gotta be some SERIOUS glaze on that ham.

[GeronL]

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Hormel Foods Corp.
Incorporated: 1945 as Clougherty Packing Company
Employees: 1,200
Sales: $420 million (2004 est.)
NAIC: 112210 Hog and Pig Farming; 311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering; 311612 Meat Processed from Carcasses; 424470 Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers

[GeronL]

I found some type of link to this forum

http://www.city-data.com/forum/business/

[Domandred]

Better be some damned good ham for that price

[Smokin' Joe]

Better be some damned good ham for that price

For that price, it should be Kosher...

[ArcadeQuarters]

Money laundering? Paybacks? Or just plain old government waste?

[GeronL]

Drudge found a bunch of them. wild.

[monocle]

Why would anyone be surprized? Ham is PORK.

[Callahan]

That’s the shipping unit size. Government actually paid $1.50/lb. Anybody can buy ham for less than that. Moron Vilsack walked right into Drudge’s trap lol.

[Clintonfatigued]

When conservatives said that Obama & Pelosi’s stimulous plan was full of pork, they weren’t kidding.

[Impy]

WTH?

http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/contracts-recipient-summary&id=12-AG3J14120297196&mode=details&primeid=27

Is this like those famous pentagon toilet seats?

[SunkenCiv]

Heh... and it’s baked, but it wasn’t honey they used...