Buck McKeon's Infamous Earmarks

Lloyd Garver looks back at the year, highlighting some of the more egregious political scandals. Not to be left off the naughty list is Congressman Buck McKeon:

This was a year when some things were all turned around. I don't know about you, but I can remember when people went to banks for money instead of the other way around.

And didn't you think pirates were a thing of the past?

One of the most outrageous Congressional earmarks was $50,000 proposed by California Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon. He felt the money should go to the National Mule and Packers Museum. And they say government doesn't support the arts.

Garver mentions a story about Burger King's new cologne, which makes a man smell like flame-broiled meat, then wraps things up with a little more snark for Buck McKeon:

If "Flame" actually turns out to be a hot product, watch for the banks to follow suit. They could sell "Bucks," a cologne that smells like money. That way, Americans can walk around in 2009 with nothing in their pockets, but at least they'll smell like money.

Nice.

Source: Norwich Bulletin