McCain, a lifelong opponent of earmarks, released his list of the top ten porkiest projects in the Omnibus Spending bill the Congress is about to pass. Did he hold a press conference or release a statement to the press? No, instead, he went to the new media–but not Facebook or Youtube. He choose the new rising star in social media, Twitter. He merely made a tweet yesterday that began with “”Tmr I am gonna tweet the TOP TEN PORKIEST PROJECTS in the Omnibus Spending bill the Congress is about to pass”. And his 110,000 followers were instantly alerted, who in turn most likely passed it on to millions of their followers within minutes.
And today he released them. Here is John McCain’s Top 10 Porkiest Projects list:
#10. $1.7M “for a honey bee factory” in Weslaco, TX
#9. $475,000 to build a parking garage in Provo City, Utah
#8. $200,000 “tattoo removal violence outreach program to could help gang members or others shed visible signs of their past” REALLY?
#7. $300,000 for the Montana World Trade Center – enough said
#6. $1 million for mormon cricket control in Utah – is that the species of cricket or a game played by the brits?
#5. $650,000 for beaver management in North Carolina and Mississippi”
#4. $2.1 million for the Center for Grape Genetics in New York – quick peel me a grape.
#3. $332,000 for the design and construction of a school sidewalk in Franklin, Texas – not enough $ for schools in the stimulus?
#2. $2 million ‘for the promotion of astronomy’ in Hawaii – because nothing says new jobs for average Americans like investing in astronomy”
#1. $1.7 million for pig odor research in Iowa”
We’re sure the traditional media is aghast at not receiving a call first. Well, they all better sign up and start following the important people on Twitter. Like us at Twitter.com/ihatethemedia.
Source: John McCain’s Twitter page, of course