No, seriously.
They've "redefined" what an earmark is. Doesn't matter that they haven't told US what that extremely narrow definition is.
By THEIR definitions there ARE NO EARMARKS!
Now, shut up and drink the koolaid.
Posted on 02/02/2009 11:14:58 AM PST by RushingWater
Fox News Alert/Banner during Gibbs Obama Press Conference: No earmarks in stimulus bill.
Bambi never told a lie before...
They is funny.
“No earmarks in stimulus bill - Fox News banner during Press Conference”
So they changed they’re using a different word for “earmark” these days?
It depends on the definition of the word “is”, oh wait...
It depends on what your your definition of ‘in’ is. There are earmarks ‘on’ the bill, written on the paper, but they aren’t embedded in the paper..
Obama doesn’t lie ... technically, it’s called jive talking.
The entire Porkulus is an earmark. This is just why Carter was such a failure.
Baghdad Gibbs. He’s only lacking the beret.
There isn’t any earmarks because it’s an earmark bill. An earmark on this bill would be something that normally would be it’s own bill.
It’s backwards thinking for a backwards President.
The committee will take care of putting them back in
This guy is the perfect press sec for Obammy. He can lie with a straight face. He believes this crap.
The whole bill is one giant earmark.
This guy Gibbs is so FOS! I would like to punch him in the mouth everytime he uses that phrase, “We want to put money BACK in people’s pockets.” He’s a damned liar. He and his “messiah” want to put MY money in OTHER PEOPLE’S pockets.
He can’t lie with a straight face, he looks like he wants to burst out laughing but is holding it back. No earmarks, almost the entire package is filled with pork, what’s the difference, earmarks, pork, still garbage
This Gibbs is almost better than his Iraqui counter part Bob.
He says Tommy Daschle just made a mistake, “no one is perfect” he says. LMAO
He did make sure we all know that Daschle will observe all the ethical standards of the Obama Admin.
LMAO a minute at a time.
For example, let's say the bill has a proposal to spend $100 million on "family planning". That could be considered pork, but not an earmark. Now, after the bill goes through the committee hearings and just before the floor vote, DiFi slips in a line that requires $50 million of that $100 million to go to the Planned Parenthood affiliates in San Francisco - that would be an earmark.
The press seems to be grilling Gibbs about Obama’s support for the tax cheat and lobbyist Daschle.
“Can somebody help me out here? I don’t understand how this can be claimed? Isn’t the whole stimulus bill earmark after earmark?”
Get with the program, those are not earmarks they are Legislative Challenges. Just like the new Challenge on Terror.
The only earmarks are those left on Zero’s pillow when he wakes up in the morning! “Mr. President what big earmarks you have” said the intern who woke up next to him in bed.
Magic, your first thought was right. The only non-klintoon in the whole shootin match is nobama and he’s just they boy.
Pray for incompetence.
Baghdad Gibbs now saying 90% of jobs saved/created will be in the private sector. Do you believe that?
Thankfully my mouth was empty.
Democrats are allowed to change words used to describe things in their bills. Another example of this is how they are saying they are giving tax cuts to people who never paid taxes.
“Wait, you can’t fight in here! This is the war room!”
Earmarks to be named later........
$300 million for replacement, modernization, upgrades of agriculture labs and other facilities
$100 million in competitive grants for USDA research and education activities
$171 million in “Salaries and Expenses” for the Farm Service Agency
$400 million in farm owndership loans
$275 million for “Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations”
$120 million for “Watershed Rehabilitation Program”
$110 million for “Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses”
$11.4 billion for rural housing loans
$127 million for Rural Community Facilities Programs
$150 million for Rural Business loans and grants
$200 million in “Biorefinery Assistance”
$50 million in rural energy assistance
$1.375 billion for “Rural Water and Waste Disposal”
$200 million in “Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband”
$198 million in school lunch funding
$500 million for special WIC supplemental nutrition program
$150 million for “Commodity Assistance Program”
$200 million in farm disaster assistance funds
$28 million for emergency farm loans
$100 million in grants for “aquaculture producers” hit by high feed costs in 2008
Title II
$20 million for “Operations and Administration” of Bureau of Industry and Security
$150 million in “Economic Development Assistance Programs”
$1 billion for the 2010 Census
$9 billion for “Broadband Technology Opportunities Program” at NTIA of that, $350 million to develop and maintain a “broadband inventory map”
$650 million for addition Digital-to-Analog Converter Box coupons
$218 million for Scientific and Technical Research and Services at NIST
$357 million for NIST “Construction of Research Facilities”
(From the Advancing Science, Serving Society” - The proposed stimulus appropriations combined with a regular appropriation could leave NIST with a FY 2009 budget of $1.3 billion or higher, well above the $882 million authorized for FY 2009 in the America COMPETES Act of 2007 and thus on a track to double over a decade.)
$427 million for “Operations, Research, and Facilities” at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
$795 million in NOAA “Procurement, Acquisition and Construction”
$34 million for NOAA “Departmental Management”
$200 million to develop a nationwide wireless network for federal law enforcement
$150 million for the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee - (OFDT) is an organization that achieves efficiencies, effectiveness and operational synergies within the detention and incarceration community by fostering interagency cooperation, mutual understanding, accountability and teamwork.
$50 million for Salaries and Expenses at the U.S. Marshal’s Service
$125 milion for Department of Justice “Construction”
$75 million for Salaries and Expenses at the FBI
$400 million for FBI “Construction”
$1 billion for buildings and facilities in the Federal Prison System
$300 million for grants to combat violence against women
$1.5 billion for Byrne grants
$440 million in State and Local law enforcement grants
$100 million in State and Local grants for anti-narcotics work
$300 million in law enforcement assistance to Indian tribes
$100 million in grants for the Office for Victims of Crime
$150 million for rural law enforcement
$50 million in aid to combat Internet Crimes Against Children
$1 billion for the COPS program (hiring new police officers)
$500 million for NASA “Science”
$250 million for NASA “Aeronautics”
$500 million for NASA “Exploration”
$250 million for NASA HQ and NASA’s nine field centers
$1.2 billion for National Science Foundation “Research and Related Activities”
$150 million for NSF “Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction”
$50 million in NSF “Education and Human Resources”
$1.16 billion for Army Operation and Maintenance
$571 million for Navy Operation and Maintenance
$112 million for Marine Corps Operation and Maintenance
$927 million for Air Force Operation and Maintenance
$79.5 million for Army Reserve Operation and Maintenance
$44.5 million for Navy Reserve Operation and Maintenance
$32.3 million for Marine Corps Reserve Operation and Maintenance
$10.6 million for Air Force Reserve Operation and Maintenance
$215 million for Army National Guard Operation and Maintenance
$20.9 million for Air National Guard Operation and Maintenance
$100 million for “Defense Production Act Purchases”
$200 million for “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide”
$250 million for “Defense Health Program” for Operation and Maintenance
$2 billion for Army Corps of Engineers water projects
$500 million for Mississippi River and Tributaries projects
$1.9 billion for Army Corps operations and maintenance
$100 million for cleanup at early atomic energy sites
$50 million for Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies
$1.4 billion for water projects for Indian tribes
$50 million for the Central Utah Project Completion Act (102-575)
$50 million for the California Bay-Delta Restoration Act (108-361)
$60 million for rural water projects
$10 million to inspect canals in urban areas
$110 million for water reclamation and re-use projects
$2.1 billion for “Energy Efficiency and Conservation” grants to states
$2.1 billion on energy efficiency in government buildings
$2 billion for grants to advanced battery manufacturers
$4.5 billion for “Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability”
$4.6 billion for “Fossil Energy Research and Development”
$483 million for “Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup”
$390 million for “Uranium Enrichment and Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund”
$430 million for “Science” within the Energy Department
$1 billion for Atomic Energy Defense Activities
$5.5 billion for “Defense Environmental Cleanup”
$250 million for Community Development Financial Institutions in the Treasury Dept
$125 million for a federal payment to the Washington, D.C. Water and Sewer Authority
$9 billion for the “Federal Buildings Fund”
$6 billion of that money is for “High Performance Green Buildings”
$600 million to buy high fuel economy vehicles for the federal government
$84 million for salaries and expenses at the Small Business Administration
$248 million for security in the new headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security
$100 million for new port security inspection systems
$97 million to buy new tactical communications equipment
$200 million for security technology on the Mexican border
$800 million for construction of land border posts
$27.8 million for new radio eqiupment for US Immigration agents
$1.2 billion for Aviation Security
$572 million for Coast Guard construction and navigation facilities
$240 million for “Alteration of Bridges”
$100 million in Transportation security grants
$100 million for port security grants
$250 million for emergency operations centers
$500 million to upgrade critical infrastructure
$500 million for upgrades or new fire stations ($15 mill max)
$100 million for emergency food and shelter programs
$15 million for upgrades to FLETC facilities
$14 million for cyber security research
$135 million for Bureau of Land Management
$180 million for BLM Construction
$15 million for Wildland Fire Management
$190 million for Resource Management at Fish and Wildlife Service
$110 million for FWS Construction
$158 million for operations of the National Park System
$55 million for Historic Preservation in Park System
$589 million for NPS Construction
$135 million for US Geological Survey work
$40 million for Bureau of Indian Affairs programs
$522 million for BIA Construction
$800 million for EPA Superfund
$200 million for Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund
$6.4 billion in Clean Water grants
$650 million for Capital improvements at the Forest Service
$650 million for Wildland Fire Management
$50 million for Indian health services
$85 milion for health information technology in Indian health
$410 million for Indian health facilities
$150 million for facilities at the Smithsonian
$3.25 billion for training and employment services, Dept of Labor
$400 million for state unemployment insurance operations
$160 million for building work, Office of Job Corps
$1 billion for construction, renovation of health centers
$412 million for Centers for Disease Control facilities work
$300 million for “National Center for Research Resources” - FY 2009 budget was 1.16 billion
$2.7 billion to Office of the Director of National Institutes for Health
$500 million for buildings and facilities at NIH, Bethesda, Md.
$700 million for health care research and quality
$2 billion for child care grants to states
$400 million in social services block grants
$1 billion for Children and Families Services Programs
$1.1 billion to expand Early Head Start programs
$100 million in Aging nutrition services
$5 billion for Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology - in 2007, this office received 42 million dollars
$5.8 billion in Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund of that - $400 million for screening and prevention of STD’s, including HIV
$870 million for flu vaccine development and purchase
$13 billion for education grants
$17 billion in “School Improvement Programs”
$13.5 billion for “Special Education”
$13.8 billion for Pell Grants and other student financial assistance
$3.5 billion for Higher Education Facilities
$750 million for replacing the National Computer Center for Social Security
$140 million for Social Security IT to facilitate electronic medical records
$200 million for GAO Salaries and Expenses
$637 million for Army Military Construction
$990 million for Navy and Marine Corps construction - half of that money goes to energy conservation and alternative energy projects
$87 million for Air Force construction projects
$118 million for military energy conservation projects
$150 million for Army NationalGuard readiness centers
$110 million for Air National Guard construction projects
$34 million for construction of Army family housing
$80 million for construction of Air Force family housing
$1.04 billion for VA Medical facilities
$323 million for VA energy efficiency initiatives
$64 million for National Cemetery Administration
$195 million for VA information technology systems
$1.1 billion for VA hospital and national cemetery construction
$860 million for VA health care “minor construction”
$257 million for VA nursing home grants to states
$60 million for Cemeterial Expenses - Army
$75 million for a consolidated diplomatic security training facility
$120 million for a State Department backup information management facility
$5.5 billion in grants for surface transportation infrastructure
$200 million for FAA air traffic infrastructure
$1.1 billion in supplementary airport grants
$27 billion in “Supplemental Grants for Highway Investment”
$250 million in grants for intercity passenger rail service
$850 million in capital projects for passenger rail service
$2 billion for high speed rail corridor program
$8.4 billion in grants for public transit investment
$100 million in grants to “small shipyards”
$510 million in Native American Housing Block Grants
$5 billion in “Public Housing Capital Fund”
$2.25 billion for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed homes
$2.25 billion in “Home Investment Partnership Program”
$1.5 billion for “Homelessness Prevention Fund”
$3.5 billion in Green retrofit efforts in federally assisted housing
$79 billion in stabilization funds to states for education
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Nope, no earmarks there...
I didn’t see anything for people that want to build a swimming pool...
bump
I sincerely hope there was a question mark after.
Someone should tell Gibbs to go to this website: www.stimuluswatch.org
and this is the (so-called) “conservative” newz channel???
we in deep do-do
WOW...did you type all that out??? Go to www.stimuluswatch.org.
Love your tagline..I never thought of that...LOL!
"Ear Marks? No Ear Marks 'round here ???"
OOps! Forgot to give credit. The list is from.....
http://wsbradio.com/blogs/jamie_dupree/2009/02/spending-in-the-senate-stimulu.html
ObamaSpeak:
No Pork, just PorkEars...Oink!
“Can somebody help me out here? I don’t understand how this can be claimed? Isn’t the whole stimulus bill earmark after earmark?”
Earmarks are when a pet project is added at the behest of a specific Congressman for a specific recipient. This bill is a trillion dollar boondoggle where the original bill writeup has all the giveaways.
It’s still “pork”.
$100whateverittakes.00 to get rid of white republicans!
“...Daschle will observe all the ethical standards of the Obama Admin.”
Since there are no ethical standards, this isn’t a lie.
I suppose I am being dense, but is there some additional documentation as to how these figures were reached ie: Documentation for the research required to come to the specific dollar values associated with each... expenditure?
How about a goal set for the expected outcome for every single dollar of our money that is being spent.
Looking at the individual amounts, it looks to me as if the extraordinary amounts are just thrown together willy-nilly with no real thoughts or plans to administer, monitor and define the goals and expectations for each grant.
Maybe it’s just me, but if I were going to fund areas of a company in order to assure it’s solvency, I would make darn sure the money isn’t going to be wasted or appropriated for things that won’t help. I didn’t see any oversight expenses for this fiasco.
Or am I way off-base here?
“Another example of this is how they are saying they are giving tax cuts to people who never paid taxes.”
I really hate that. Even though I am one of those people.
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