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| jonnythan Bringer of rad mirth  Here and there, | #1  Oct 09, 2008 @ 13:30:37If you watched the debates on Tuesday, this line from McCain probably caught your ear: "[Obama] voted for nearly a billion dollars in pork barrel earmark projects, including, by the way, $3 million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago, Illinois." That "overhead projector" was actually a replacement main projector for the planetarium's 40-year-old Zeiss Mark VI star projector. As BoingBoing notes, planetarium projectors are not overhead projectors .  Have we really sunk so low as to repeatedly call legitimate educational and science funding "pork barrel spending"? | ||||||
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nakedchinchilla kernersville, North Carolina | #2 Oct 09, 2008 @ 13:34:22of course!! why wouldnt we? its about cutting your opponent in the throat right now...anything is "pork barrel spending" and "agreeing with bush" | ||||||
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| MlissaBeth Wait for it!  Tucson, Arizona | #3 Oct 09, 2008 @ 13:36:10McCain's a t***. | ||||||
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| BeTTyBeLL made just right  Kosciusko, Mississippi | #4 Oct 09, 2008 @ 13:36:23I laughed so hard McCain said that, first of all, IMO, the "overhead projector" as it was put, is a teaching tool, and I for one as a tax payer have no problems paying whatever for teaching tools. I have never been to Chicago, but I would assume one would have to pay to see planetarium projectors, in turn making up some the of the money spent, I could be worng, I have not really researched it, but don't museums usualy charge a fee? | ||||||
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| nakedchinchilla kernersville, North Carolina | #5 Oct 09, 2008 @ 13:43:41 @BeTTyBeLL Said  I laughed so hard McCain said that, first of all, IMO, the "overhead projector" as it was put, is a teaching tool, and I for one as a tax payer have no problems paying whatever for teaching tools. I have never been to Chicago, but I would assume one would have to pay to see planetarium projectors, in turn making up some the of the money spent, I could be worng, I have not really researched it, but don't museums usualy charge a fee? agreed, i have no problem with paying for something thats going to help the children learn better | ||||||
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sillygoosey Full of Hope, | #6 Oct 09, 2008 @ 13:45:17'nuh uh'  'yuh uh' well...ya mama  politics as usual  | ||||||
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thelocaone Pensacola, Florida | #7 Oct 09, 2008 @ 14:51:42More tools for education is a plus! Yay for "pork barrels" lol | ||||||
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Spinkiegirl Chicago, Illinois | #8 Oct 09, 2008 @ 22:43:38 @jonnythan Said If you watched the debates on Tuesday, this line from McCain probably caught your ear: "[Obama] voted for nearly a billion dollars in pork barrel earmark projects, including, by the way, $3 million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago, Illinois." That "overhead projector" was actually a replacement main projector for the planetarium's 40-year-old Zeiss Mark VI star projector. As BoingBoing notes, planetarium projectors are not overhead projectors . Have we really sunk so low as to repeatedly call legitimate educational and science funding "pork barrel spending"? Ok, you gotta explain this one to me....is this good for mc cain or bad? And what in the world is that pic of (the big pic)?  | ||||||
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| Spinkiegirl Chicago, Illinois | #9 Oct 09, 2008 @ 22:45:11I love your sig....it's funny as hell!! | ||||||
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| jonnythan Bringer of rad mirth Here and there, | #10 Oct 09, 2008 @ 22:46:46 @Spinkiegirl Said Ok, you gotta explain this one to me....is this good for mc cain or bad? And what in the world is that pic of (the big pic)? The big pic is the type of projector the $3 million was for. It's the kind of projector that projects stars and constellations onto the interior dome of a planetarium. Whether it's good or bad for McCain is really up to you. McCain was criticizing Obama for earmarking $3 million of the federal budget to help out a planetarium at a science center in Chicago. | ||||||
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| Spinkiegirl Chicago, Illinois | #11 Oct 09, 2008 @ 22:58:21 @jonnythan Said The big pic is the type of projector the $3 million was for. It's the kind of projector that projects stars and constellations onto the interior dome of a planetarium. Whether it's good or bad for McCain is really up to you. McCain was criticizing Obama for earmarking $3 million of the federal budget to help out a planetarium at a science center in Chicago. I see....it looks bad for Obama....I could be wrong...most often times I am!! Thanks for the explanation!  | |||||||
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| jonnythan Bringer of rad mirth Here and there, | #12 Oct 09, 2008 @ 23:05:29Well, personally, I agree with you. I think it makes McCain look like a douchebag. | ||||||
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cGobla Polcenigo, Italy | #13 Oct 09, 2008 @ 23:12:13Yeah when i heard that I was like 3 mil is not a lot when it comes to government spending. And it was for getting kids interested in science which means they could grow up and really benefit the country. McCain is a douche its like he doesn't like kids. like when he said the thing about how it was bad to make it mandatory for kids to have health insurance. | ||||||
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Ash220 Newark, Ohio | #14 Oct 10, 2008 @ 00:27:03I want to know how often McCain says "Maverick!" I'm sick of hearing me say that... | ||||||
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ybom , | #15 Oct 10, 2008 @ 04:23:12Why in the world did the "powers that be" put McCain in the republicrat seat? He uses the pork barrel spending routine like he thinks he's in stand up or something. If it were actually funny, I'd suggest sending his resume to Comedy Central. | ||||||
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