PELOSI'S TYPICAL LIBERAL SOLUTION

It was rather amusing but, not surprising how the Liberal Democrats rigged the musical political chairs problem they had. Now that voters kicked them out of the majority.  Pelosi rigged it so there would be no choosing between voting for Hoyer or Clyburn for the second position in the defeated Democratic Congress. Here are the money quotes:

"Pelosi, from San Francisco, spent most of last week negotiating with Hoyer and Clyburn before crafting a deal to create the new post."

"Clyburn's colleagues voted to create a tailor-made leadership post for the Columbia Democrat and then elected him to fill it when the new congressional session starts in January."

Just like the Liberal teachers in our public school system who neuter individual achievements in the school system where these days "everyone gets a trophy" so nobody gets to lose. Pelosi did the same thing with the Democrats Hoyer/Clyburn dilemma. How typical liberal of her!

Earmarks: Meet the new boss same as the old boss

"Even as House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer has joined in steps to clean up pork-barrel spending, the Maryland congressman has tucked $96 million worth of pet projects into next year's federal budget, including $450,000 for a campaign donor's foundation. "

It seems Democrat Hoyer is now one of the top ten earmark providers in Congress. So much for change now that the Democrats are in power. What kind of important projects is Hoyer funding with his ear marks?

"Consider the $450,000 that Hoyer inserted into a 2008 education spending bill for the California-based InTune Foundation Group, whose Web site describes it as a music-education nonprofit group.
In 2005, InTune got a previous earmark for nearly $500,000 to develop lesson plans on funk music and Nobel Peace laureates. Asked recently how effective that program had been, Education Department officials said they didn't know. InTune hadn't turned in a report on what it did, officials said. "

I think Leslie K. Paige of the watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste says it best: "Don't we deserve to know where this money is going and who these people are?"