UConn James Posted April 26, 2005 Posted April 26, 2005 Yeah, there's a lot of money in there for Iraq and Afghanistan, however you feel about them and the funding for such.... But: - $10M to repair a flooded library at the University of Hawaii, - $2 million to fund something called the Southeast Regional Cooling, Heating and Power and Bio-Fuel Application Center - $25 million for a fish hatchery in Montana. - $500,000 for the Oral History of the Negotiated Settlement project at the University of Nevada, Reno. - $4 million for capital debt service for the Fire Sciences Academy in Elko These are the "emergencies" that just need to be funded, now-now-now and don't ask any questions? And that even if you have the stones to vote against it, you're 'Soft on terror'? Whatever.
KRC Posted April 26, 2005 Posted April 26, 2005 Yeah, there's a lot of money in there for Iraq and Afghanistan, however you feel about them and the funding for such.... But: - $10M to repair a flooded library at the University of Hawaii, - $2 million to fund something called the Southeast Regional Cooling, Heating and Power and Bio-Fuel Application Center - $25 million for a fish hatchery in Montana. - $500,000 for the Oral History of the Negotiated Settlement project at the University of Nevada, Reno. - $4 million for capital debt service for the Fire Sciences Academy in Elko These are the "emergencies" that just need to be funded, now-now-now and don't ask any questions? And that even if you have the stones to vote against it, you're 'Soft on terror'? Whatever. 318835[/snapback] Mmmmm...pork.
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted April 26, 2005 Posted April 26, 2005 - $10M to repair a flooded library at the University of Hawaii, That I can accept as an "emergency" - barely. What raises my eyebrows is why the federal government is paying for the repairs to a state university. - $2 million to fund something called the Southeast Regional Cooling, Heating and Power and Bio-Fuel Application Center Why is it that the only things I can find on the web about this Center are all related to this $2M appropriation? - $500,000 for the Oral History of the Negotiated Settlement project at the University of Nevada, Reno. 318835[/snapback] Now that's just stupid.
UConn James Posted April 26, 2005 Author Posted April 26, 2005 That I can accept as an "emergency" - barely. 318925[/snapback] Except that this bill is under the auspices, and in the public mind, of being expressly to fund the wars. Why is it that the only things I can find on the web about this Center are all related to this $2M appropriation? Probably b/c it doesn't exist yet. The funding is to create it, which of course, will later need more funding to operate it. Funny how the Southern Repubs always piss and moan about federal spending, but they're not shy about feeding at the trough or putting these rats on appropriation bills.
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted April 26, 2005 Posted April 26, 2005 Except that this bill is under the auspices, and in the public mind, of being expressly to fund the wars. No, it's not. It's being portrayed in the media as being under those auspices. If you actually look at the bill, it's a bit broader than that. Of course, no one ever looks at the bills, because Americans are a bunch of lazy paste-eating slugs that blindly accept what the media feeds them... Probably b/c it doesn't exist yet. The funding is to create it, which of course, will later need more funding to operate it. Funny how the Southern Repubs always piss and moan about federal spending, but they're not shy about feeding at the trough or putting these rats on appropriation bills. 318931[/snapback] Figures...
nobody Posted April 27, 2005 Posted April 27, 2005 Southeast Regional Cooling, Heating and Power and Bio-Fuel Application Center It's a center where they fill out applications to get money for Cooling, Heating and Power and Bio-Fuel for the southeast region.
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