http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36430965I know, I know, it is MSNBC but I saw a similar article yesterday. Very strange that the earmark numbers supposedly skyrocketed during Bush's term when Reps controlled the Congress. Don't know if it is true. Exxon Mobile making our foreign policy for us is a much bigger issue but we won't talk about the real issue so......

By the way, when I was a kid I used to see all these signs in trips across the country with my folks that said -- to my kid eyes -- "Your Highway Texas at Work".
I never could figure out what Texas was building all those roads all over the country....