Please find examples of the "symbol[s] of lawmakers' free-spending ways and penchant for back-home pet projects" claimed in this article on the spending bill passed today. I expected to at least hear about Mormon crickets and volcano monitoring, but instead we get nothing but increasing police spending and battling crystal meth usage.

Don't forget glasses for kids with poor eyesight and food for poor people. Gotta stop spending money on "wasteful" things like that.

Man, sarcasm really doesn't work in text, does it. I need to find a new medium.

Spored, maybe you are on to something. That article makes more sense if you assume the writer meant things sarcastically.

Which, again, doesn't translate well for most people into print. But, what I'm actually getting at is that I need to do podcasts or video; to branch out into extensive new markets which I can unleash my snarky wit upon.

Right after I finish all my homework, that is.