Porkbusters

There is a big movement in the blogosphere to generate political pressure on Congress and President Bush to help pay for hurricane damage by reducing the "set-asides" in the recently passed Highway bill or by some other measures such as delaying the Medicare drug bill which is a gigantic boondoggle. Much sound and fury is directed toward a return to fiscal sanity which Republicans used to rate highly on their agenda. The following quote by Jonah Goldberg sums up my feelings on the subject.

"Expecting Congress — of either party — to give back pork which has already been approved and passed into law is like expecting crack whores to give refunds days after services have been rendered."