[centurion316]

The real reason that Jack Murtha cares about the military.

[rightwingextremist1776]

I’d be real interested in seeing the amount of money the DOD spends on environmental issues vs what they spend on weapon systems. Anyone else think those numbers are about equal? The damage this environmental BS is causing is just incredible.....

[Cicero]

$671 million here, $671 million there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.

[Cicero]

“That includes such equipment as compost-monitoring technology”

They should turn some of that compost detection equipment on Murtha.

[Always Right]

The National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence opened its doors in 1991 with a $5 million earmark from a powerful lawmaker. Operating in Johnstown, Pa., the privately run center has received at least $671 million worth of federal contracts and earmarks since then to research and develop pollution-abatement technology and other systems for the Defense Department.

Johnstown has sold its soul to Murtha. It is the more dependent on government work and contracts than any place outside of Washington DC and most of it is worthless earmarked money. That is why Murtha is untouchable. The town hates his politics but loves his pork.

[clilly54]

No, the ONLY reason Murtha cares about the military.

[gusopol3]

Murtha declined through a spokesman to comment for this article.

the picture at the link is actually a pretty good comment-- "Please don't out me ... please don't out meeee..pleeeeze.......

[Texas Songwriter]

You know, it strikes me that Pelosi and Dingy Harry bitching about Bush vetoeing the defense bill because it would accord litigants to bring a cause of action against the Iraqi government for the past misdeads of Hussein should be seized upon. Bush has never made a single move to make Iraqi oil money for the U.S. Now Pelosi and Harry are doing just that. The only difference is, they are trying to pass a bill which would funnel it to the trial lawyers. This should be a huge mantra and lable the democrats as voting for the war just for oil money.

[gunservative]

Keeping Democrats and their relatives employed since 1991.....

[freema]

Well, well, well. The Army (a la Lt. Gen. Francis H. Kearney III, Gen. George W. Casey Jr., Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, Maj. Gen. Eldon Bargewell, Col. Gregory Watt) appears to be defending murtha’s pork.

[freekitty]

What about the deals they are making themselves?

[revtown]

Here’s another example of pork.. This company wouldn’t probably exist without the earmarks. $20M so far.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004097983_mobilisa29.html

This is funded by Dem’s out of WA, but I think all the congress critters do it unfortunately.

[smoothsailing]

A major newspaper, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, that is circulated throughout Murtha's congressional district has picked up this article.

Murtha-backed Center of little use to Pentagon

[jazusamo]

Glad to see these papers bringing more attention to Murtha's corruption, hopefully they'll stay on it. Naturally Murtha is not commenting but it's just another reason for him not to run for reelection.

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[Enchante]

"equipment as compost-monitoring technology"

An item of enormous concern to Murtha and all of the Demagogues since they generate so much b.s.

If only Murtha, Reid, Pelosi, Teddy the Swimer, the Clintonistas, et al could be harnessed for agricultural output, the amount of fertilizer we'd have would help to save the 3rd World!!

[alloysteel]

Keep in mind that Jack Murtha maintains a chain of more highly developed “constituent service” offices in his home district than most Congressional members, in some way rivaling that of Robert Byrd, of West Virginia. And it is maintained while covering a much smaller geographic area and fewer constituents.

This “earmark” money is just the means by which more of the largesse of the Federal Treasury is transferred back to the home district.

There used to be a character in Al Capp’s “Li’l Abner” comic strip, about the denizens of Dogpatch, in a generic small rural district in some hick state location, who continued to re-elect “Jack S. Phogbound”, the quintessential perpetual US Representive, a post long held and considered to be a matter of right.

I see certain parallels here.