JSM <ekrubmeg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I'm just a little curious Jerry, can you show me how any of these
> projects helped 'you' personally?
> ****k barrel spending or 'earmarking' is good for Alaska according to
> Jerry. Lets see, earmarking cost the government 17.2 billion dollars
Congress can fund public works. Why shouldn't they decide what
to fund? That's called oversight, its their job.
> last year, so just what percentage of that did Alaska get?
> $59,100,000 for upgrades to the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex in Red
> Flag. Does anybody know what that is?
A military aerial training range. Approx value to local economy,
zero. Military ops are of national im****t. not local.
> I suspect it is a retirement
> fund for TS. $4,000,000 for the Northern Line Extension, Northern
> line of what? Extend the railroad from NP to Delta?
For $4 mil? LOL. Thats like 80 miles of track. what a bargain.
Smart guy.
> The government
> has no business trying to run a railroad. "The proposed rail line
> would provide freight and potentially passenger rail services serving
> commercial interests and communities in or near the project
> corridor." For Cris Sake, they don't do passenger service where they
> already exist. Why would this be any different. The railroad has been
> pretty much turned over to the tour industry.
Hate to tell you, the GOVT-owned Alaska RR makes money.
> $3,200,000 for HAARP
> (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program), which has received
> $109.1 million in ****k since 1995. Yeah right, blasting away at the
> Ionosphere with radio waves has done us all a lot of good. This
> project was listed as a joke 10 years ago. I expect a law suit from
> little green men for making them sterile and TS will fund it.
The navy has funded haarp for years without Uncle Ted because
they want the research done. Guys in subs are counting on it.
Who th **** are you to decide what science is worth their money?
Again, low impact on local economy. not exactly your typical
****k barrel project, like freeways, transit n housings.
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