How much would this Lobster dinner cost? 
The day after Thanksgiving, Washington budget hawks are talking turkey about cutting the federal budget. And also — lobster.
In 2008, Congress appropriated $188,000 for the Lobster Institute, an industry-backed organization run by the University of Maine. The government funding was earmarked by Maine’s members of Congress, according to Citizens Against Government Waste.
Williams is particularly steamed about the funding for the Lobster Institute, which operates a lobster Web cam at www.thelobstercam.com.
“The Lobster Institute has an underwater camera which allows the viewer to see lobsters in their natural environment–but not at night or when the water is murky, because they don’t get as good a reception,” Williams said. “And another project by the Lobster Institute is they’re using lobster meat for dog food. They’re using that for dog biscuits now. This is what the American taxpayer is paying for–the ‘Lobster Institute for Better Dog Food.’ This is ridiculous.”
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Christmas is near and I rather be talking Santa and his raindeers but its looks as if the democratic congress wants to talk Lobsters and pork barrel spending as presents for Christmas. Some politicians looking for a stimulus package next year of $500 billion or more, the deficit for fiscal 2009 could hit $1 trillion. Does this mean that we the people will get another little $300.00 check from the Obama government while the Lobster people get a much larger boost? How much does $300.00 buy, not even one month supply of food for two people much less a family of four!
The $300 check was Bushie’s idea of how to stimulate the economy, no? That was th sum total of his plan to help the little guy.
If Bushie hadn’t given unwarranted tax breaks to the ultra-rich, maybe we wouldn’t find ourselves in this crisis.
I just hope Bushie can avoid screwing up too much more in his last two months, so that we still are alive and breathing whenObama takes over and tries to right the ship of state.
There you go again diogenes not knowing what you’re talking about. The democratic control congress had to vote the OK on any stimulate package and guess what Obama is one of those far left nuts! Obama has to learn to swim before he can right a boat even a one man boat!