The Roots of Pork Barrel Spending

Kept slaves happy then and us blind now

from JoeUser Forums
You can get to the true juicy taste of the "pork" in the American political sense if you know the origin of the term. And there seems no doubt it derives from a benevolent practice common in the South in the years before the civil war.

Slave owners on special occasions, or whenever they were feeling particularly charitable (some did it regularly in the binding spirit of noblesse oblige - a code the best owners lived by), would put out salt pork in big barrels at a certain time on an announced day.

The above is a cut and paste from an article I used as research for this to give the real meaning of pork barrel spending done by both sides of the political spectrum.


This practice was used to keep the slaves happy and in line, much like the modern days version of pork spending is used to pacify and keep in line today's modern slaves, the middle of America.

The best and most extreme example of today is Republican Don Young {Alaska} with his one billion dollar bridge to no where.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&oi=news&start=0&num=3&q=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/051021/21congresswatch.htm&e=50097

Both parties are totally out of control with spending, trying to blame all this on the Bush administration is a ploy used by the left to hide all the pork they spend on.

Citizens against government waste has a list of all the wasteful spending done by "our leaders"
http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=issues_pork

It's about time we start holding our leaders to a higher standard and voting them out of office when they spend frivolously.
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Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Thanks MM I had no idea how that term came about, now me knows sompin!!
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
It is a $220 million bridge, but since Alaska is still paying its citizens with the oil money, why cant Alaska pay for it?
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hey I lived in Alaska and LOVED getting that dividend check every year...though this year it is a paltry $850 a person or there abouts....it was the best thing about being there

I always wondered why they didn't take that money and build roads! Most places in the interior can only be gotten too by boat or plane.....even the state capital of Juneau only has road inside town...and about a mile out, going to nowhere....it just ends....isn't that weird?

But everytime someone mentions using the perm. fund dividend for anything but cash in the pockets of state citizens, people flip out. I mean they go t-otally nutty.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

though this year it is a paltry $850 a person

I would not mind a paltry $850 per person.  Hmm, 6 people that puts me about $5k.

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: Tova7Posted: Tuesday, October 25, 2005Thanks MM I had no idea how that term came about, now me knows sompin!!


me either till I started researching things. and your very welcome
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: Dr. GuyPosted: Tuesday, October 25, 2005It is a $220 million bridge, but since Alaska is still paying its citizens with the oil money, why cant Alaska pay for it?


most alaskands want the money to go to hurricane relief in the gulf states but this idiot republican demanded it stays.
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: Tova7Posted: Tuesday, October 25, 2005Hey I lived in Alaska and LOVED getting that dividend check every year...though this year it is a paltry $850 a person or there abouts....it was the best thing about being thereI always wondered why they didn't take that money and build roads! Most places in the interior can only be gotten too by boat or plane.....even the state capital of Juneau only has road inside town...and about a mile out, going to nowhere....it just ends....isn't that weird?But everytime someone mentions using the perm. fund dividend for anything but cash in the pockets of state citizens, people flip out. I mean they go t-otally nutty.
850.00 a year per person, hmmm If I kill about 10000 liberals I am rich. heh
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
It's about time we start holding our leaders to a higher standard and voting them out of office when they spend frivolously.


lol. Yeah nice one.
And replace them with what? The next bunch of beauracrats who will do exactly the same?

Pork barrel spending has nothing to do with satiating middle class Americas need for anything. That's just the spin that gets spun in order to manufacture consent among the tax paying classes for a project whose root intention is to transfer yet more funds from the working middle classes to the corporate classes.

And good thing too. If that money was spent on education and health the average IQ just might rise to a level capable of questioning and discerning the difference between a state and federal system designed and implemented for the good fo the people (the myth) and a state and federal system designed and implmented for population control and wealth transfer (the actual).

A bridge to the middle of nowhere. Right on. If you connect two lots of "nothing" then there will be nothing at either end to question whether or not it was needed in the first place. Makes perfect sense when considered in light of the "actual" agenda... although i can see how you might be confused if you considered it in terms of the "myth" of doing something for the greater social good.


Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
#9 by Rubinstien Finklestein (Anonymous user)
Tuesday, October 25, 2005


It's about time we start holding our leaders to a higher standard and voting them out of office when they spend frivolously.


lol. Yeah nice one.
And replace them with what? The next bunch of beauracrats who will do exactly the same?


I know dream on MM.. it ain't gonna happen.
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top

most alaskands want the money to go to hurricane relief in the gulf states but this idiot republican demanded it stays.

ROFL!  You do have a sense of humor.

Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: Dr. GuyPosted: Tuesday, October 25, 2005most alaskands want the money to go to hurricane relief in the gulf states but this idiot republican demanded it stays.ROFL! You do have a sense of humor.


of course I do doc, Republican that are assholes are neither larger or smaller assholes that liberals that are assholes.
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: DeferencePosted: Tuesday, October 25, 2005Very nice blog, Moderateman, very nice!


wow high praise indeed and thank you!
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top

of course I do doc, Republican that are assholes are neither larger or smaller assholes that liberals that are assholes.

Or substitute Conservatives and democrats.  Same thing.

No wonder you are always constipated!  You have such a small one!

Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
#15 by Dr. Guy
Tuesday, October 25, 2005


of course I do doc, Republican that are assholes are neither larger or smaller assholes that liberals that are assholes.

Or substitute Conservatives and democrats. Same thing.
No wonder you are always constipated! You have such a small one!


To quote a famouis poem " an asshole by anyother name still stinks" {paraphrased of course}
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
To quote a famouis poem " an asshole by anyother name still stinks" {paraphrased of course}


I never said you were gasless!
Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top
#17 by Dr. Guy
Tuesday, October 25, 2005


never said you were gasless


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Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! tHANK YOU! It's nice to read something about this finally! Over the years I have read and watched and heard via radio the results of various investigations concerning pork spendng! Sorry I don't have my sorces, as I never wrote them down, or kept track of who said what; Only to note if it was crediable or not. That said, there are off ramps built to go over highways that were never built! There are raods built that go no where! To name just a few. This. right here in the states of the United States! It's difficult not to be angry when I hear such things.
All the pork barrelling going on, and here in the supposed richest country in the world. The richest country in the world that continues to ignore it's poor. Continues to cut programs that affect day care and early education. All the while, many peoples pockets behind the scene grow fat. Every election year, there is repeated poor turn outs to vote. Hey, I'm not saying it's easy to understand all the issues that come in those little blue books. One almosts needs to be a lawyer at times. If people all educated themselves, and voted to follow up on pork issues, changes can be made. Sadly, in this day and age it comes down to each of us struggling to feel comfomforable with keeping a roof over our heads, or food to eat, or the new car that shines. I get it. I understand this as well. Still, if no one speaks up and takes action, or even notices, nothing changes. This was an excellent article. Thank you!
Reply #20 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: THEWINDRAGES(Anonymous User)Posted: Friday, October 28, 2005THANK YOU! THANK YOU! tHANK YOU! It's nice to read something about this finally! Over the years I have read and watched and heard via radio the results of various investigations concerning pork spendng! Sorry I don't have my sorces, as I never wrote them down, or kept track of who said what; Only to note if it was crediable or not. That said, there are off ramps built to go over highways that were never built! There are raods built that go no where! To name just a few. This. right here in the states of the United States! It's difficult not to be angry when I hear such things.All the pork barrelling going on, and here in the supposed richest country in the world. The richest country in the world that continues to ignore it's poor. Continues to cut programs that affect day care and early education. All the while, many peoples pockets behind the scene grow fat. Every election year, there is repeated poor turn outs to vote. Hey, I'm not saying it's easy to understand all the issues that come in those little blue books. One almosts needs to be a lawyer at times. If people all educated themselves, and voted to follow up on pork issues, changes can be made. Sadly, in this day and age it comes down to each of us struggling to feel comfomforable with keeping a roof over our heads, or food to eat, or the new car that shines. I get it. I understand this as well. Still, if no one speaks up and takes action, or even notices, nothing changes. This was an excellent article. Thank you!


you are more than welcome rage, very eloquent presentation I might add.