Why are so many people pissed about earmarks?

[Drunken Irishman]

I've never been against ear piercings.

Stupid anti-piercers need to get a life!

[snowbear]

1. This little guy doesn't care about ear marks...

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[Drunken Irishman]

2. Are they gonna round up every person with a birthmark on their ear?

I've seen these people around, they look normal to me!

[islandmkl]

3. just wait until they go after the 'tats...this is just the beginning...

however, i believe they will leave boob jobs alone, keeping their professional standings intact....

[backscatter712]

4. It's a corporatist attempt to redirect our anger.

It's a whole 2 percent of that latest omnibus bill. While obnoxious and wasteful, it's small-fry.

And that's why it's all over the corporate media - they don't want us grabbing torches and pitchforks for the big fish - the Wall-Street ponzi-schemers who are rolling away with hundreds of billions.

So they get our panties in a bunch over some ketchup-is-a-vegetable project in Podunk, Oklahoma instead.

[pnwmom]

6. And it isn't necessarily wasteful, either.

Not if is used on an important project -- such as repairing a valuable bridge that needs to be repaired. (As opposed to a "bridge to nowhere.") And not if it helps secure the vote of a blue dog Dem who might otherwise have trouble justifying to his or her constituents why he supported the bill.

[4lbs]

5. I've created earmarks before, with a Sharpie.

n/t

[harun]

7. Because the media told them to. 90% of people asked on the street what they are wouldn't know.