EARMARK IRONY

Just days after winning control of the U.S. House of Representatives on a campaign platform to end the Congressional practice of "earmark spending", the GOP has gone back on its pledge and inserted $200 million in earmark spending in a bill currently under consideration in the House. I'm not surprised that they reneged on their pledge. After all, all that talk about fiscal responsibility was just campaign bullshit. Nevertheless, I expected that the GOP would wait until at least February of 2011 before reneging on their word. I guess I was wrong!