The Heritage Foundation has released a partial list of the “pork” projects housed in the 2009 Omnibus Bill.  Are there any from your home town or state?

Sadly, there is from mine.  I first heard of it watching John McCain’s Top Ten Lists on Twitter.com.  The pork is for the “Totally Teens Zone” in Albany, Georgia, the next largest city from me.  I’m well familiar with the “organization” and I use the term loosely.  It’s a group of teens that party under the guise of the Albany Parks and Recreation Center.  There are no jobs here, no guidance for teens here, no nothing except a “party zone”.  This pork was sponsored by both Georgia Senators Chambliss and Bishop – one republican and one democrat.  I’ll be a bit occupied for the next few days screaming from the rooftops against this ignorance.

Below is the list from Heritage.  See if the shoe fits your neck of the woods as well.  And also, look at all the multi-million dollar projects that have no significant influence or remedy to our financial situation this year.  Sound off as you please.

A Sample of the 9,287 Omnnibus Bill Earmarks

Amount		Recipient/Purpose		Congressional Sponsor
$1,049,000		Mormon Crickets, Utah		Bennett
$475,000		Sidewalk Construction in Ashland & Cherryland, CA		Lee
$225,000		Everybody Wins!		LaHood
$200,000		Tattoo removal program in Mission Hills, CA		Berman
$190,000		Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY		Cubin
$237,500		Theater renovation, Merced, CA		Cardoza
$75,000		Totally Teen Zone, Albany, GA		Bishop, Chambliss
$500,000		National History Day		Several Lawmakers
$570,000		Ronald Reagan Parkway, Boone County, IN		Buyer
$100,000		Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation		Allen, Snowe, Collins
$332,500		Build a school sidewalk, Franklin, TX		Edwards (TX)
$381,000		George Eastman House, Rochester, NY		Slaughter, Schumer
$380,600		Versailles Borough Stray Gas Mitigation		Doyle (PA)
$75,000		Wayne Gomes Youth Baseball Diversity Foundation		Scott
$381,000		Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY		Nadler
$5,813,000		Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Senate, Boston, MA		Kerry, Byrd, Harkin, Durbin, Mikulski, Dodd
$950,000		Bus and Bus Facilities, Lawrence, KS		Moore, Roberts
$300,000		Montana World Trade Center		Rehberg
$2,673,000		Wood Education and Resource Center		President, Byrd
$380,000		Lemon Street Reconstruction and Enhancements, FL		Bilirakis
$17,500,000		FDR Presidential Library renovation		Gillibrand, Reid, Schumer
$2,000,000		LBJ Presidential Library		Hutchison
$22,000,000		JFK Presidential Library		Markey, Lynch, Kerry
$300,000		GoGirlGo! Boston, MA		Capuano, Kennedy, Kerry
$285,000		Kansas Farm Bureau, Manhattan, KS		Brownback
$6,838,000		John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts		Several Lawmakers
$427,500		Bicycle/Pedestrian Pathways, Provo, UT		Cannon, Hatch
$950,000		World Trade Center of St. Louis, MO		Bond
$725,000		Illinois Height Modernization		Johnson (IL), LaHood
$298,257		Small business program, Florida Department of Citrus		Boyd, Putnam, Martinez
$237,500		Sidewalk Construction, Vienna, VA		Davis (VA)
$190,000		Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI		Inouye
$100,000		Police Athletic League of Buffalo, Inc		Slaughter
$206,000		Wool Research		Conaway, Rodriguez (TX)
$475,000		5th & Market St. Transportation Improvements, PA		Specter
$494,000		Business incubator, Arkansas State University		Berry, Lincoln, Pryor
$400,000		Salisbury House, Des Moines, IA		Harkin, Grassley, Boswell
$138,000		John Nance Garner Museum, Austin, TX		Rodriguez (TX)
$190,000		Sidewalk Improvements, Williamstown, VT		Leahy, Sanders
$870,000		Red Wolf Breeding Facility Relocation		Shuler
$190,000		George C. Wallace Community College-Dothan, AL		Everett
$142,500		Pregones Theater, Bronx, NY		Serrano
$6,623,000		Formosan Subterranean Termites Research		Landrieu, Vitter, Alexander
$1,903,000		Landfill Gas Utilization Plant in NY		Schumer
$475,000		Replacement of Bus Fleet, Topeka, KS		Boyda
$285,000		Widening of County Road 222, Cullman, AL		Aderholt
$2,192,000		Center for Grape Genetics, Geneva, NY		Schumer, Walsh, Hinchey, Arcuri
$1,791,000		Swine Odor and Manure Management Research, Ames, IA		Harkin
$950,000		Bossier Parish Congestion Relief Plan, LA		Landrieu, Vitter
$712,500		Replacement Buses, Detroit, MI		Conyers, Levin, Stabenow
$4,545,000		Wood Utilization Research		Several Lawmakers
$200,000		Oil Region Alliance		Peterson (PA)
$2,565,000		Renovate the Cox Building, Maysville, KY		McConnell, Davis (KY)
$400,000		Minnesota Teen Challenge		Ramstad, Coleman
$190,000		Berkshire Theater Festival, Stockbridge, MA		Kennedy, Kerry
$4,750,000		Shiloh Road, MT		Baucus, Tester
$143,000		American Ballet Theatre, New York, NY		Maloney, Schumer
$100,000		Ready, Willing & Able, Philadelphia, PA		Brady (PA)
$250,000		Lederer Theater, Providence, RI		Reed
$1,187,500		Wolf Trap Performing Arts Multi-Use Trail, Fairfax, VA		Moran
$3,800,000		Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy, MI		Levin
$294,500		Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center, East St. Louis, IL		Durbin
$143,000		Historic Jazz Foundation, Inc., Kansas City, MO		Cleaver, Emanuel
$1,000,000		Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation		Ruppersberger, Mikulski, Shelby
$237,500		Street Rehabilitation, Doral, FL		Diaz-Balart (Lincoln)
$49,134		Bronx Council on the Arts		Serrano
$475,000		Pedestrian Bridges, Iowa City, IA		Loebsack
$167,000		Autry National Center for the American West, Los Angeles, CA		Schiff, McKeon, Bono, Boxer
$315,000		Music education, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY		Maloney, Schumer
$122,821		Greater Toledo Arts Commission		Kaptur
$950,000		55th Street East Grade Separation, Minot, ND		Dorgan, Conrad
$951,500		Energy Efficiency Street Lighting, Detroit, MI		Kilpatrick, Levin, Stabenow
$143,000		Stockbridge-Munsee Museum, Bowler, WI		Kagen
$475,000		Italian American Museum, New York, NY		Ackerman, Nadler
$1,217,000		Citrus Canker, Greening, FL		Several Lawmakers
$900,000		Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL		Jackson, Jr., Emanuel, Davis (IL)
$142,500		Bus Replacement, Culver City, CA		Watson
$2,150,000		Wisconsin Height Modernization		Obey
$1,900,000		Hattiesburg 4th Street Improvements, MS		Cochran, Wicker
$71,000		Dance Theater Etcetera, Brooklyn, NY		Velázquez
$333,000		Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, GA		Marshall (GA), Isakson
$1,235,000		Reconstruction and Upgrade 2300 West Street, Lehi, UT		Hatch, Cannon
$380,000		Revitalize Aliceville, AL		Shelby
$150,000		Nashua Police Athletic League Youth Safe Haven		Hodes, Gregg
$237,500		Paving, sidewalks and streetlights,  Islip, NY		Israel
$238,000		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA		Kennedy, Kerry
$1,425,000		I-85 Widening, NC		Burr, Dole, Hayes, Watt
$285,000		Sun Valley Lighting Project, CA		Berman
$119,000		Children’s Discovery Museum, San Jose, CA		Honda, Lofgren
$385,000		World Trade Center Utah		Bishop (UT), Bennett
$300,000		Shakespeare and Company		Olver, Kennedy, Kerry
$476,000		National Council of La Raza in Washington, DC,		Menendez, Bingaman
$508,000		Karnal Bunt, Manhattan, KS		Brownback, Roberts, Moran, Boyda, Tiahrt
$300,000		Fairplex Trade and Conference Center		Dreier, Napolitano
$237,500		SR-91 Congestion Relief, Orange County, CA		Miller (CA)
$380,000		Construction of On/Off Ramps, Midland, TX		Conaway
$380,600		Carbon Neutral Green Campus, NV		Porter, Reid
$150,000		Manufacturers Association of Central New York		Walsh
$475,000		Calhoun County Highway 1 Resurfacing, IL		Hare
$45,000		Weed It Now on the Berkshire, MA		Olver
$24,000		A+ For Abstinence, Waynesboro, PA		Specter
$819,000		Catfish Genome, Auburn, AL		Shelby, Rogers (AL), Everett, Davis (AL)
$196,514		Beaver Street Enterprise Center, Jacksonville, FL		Brown (FL), Martinez
$75,000		Chattahoochee County Family Connection		Bishop
$2,188,450		Bismarck State College Center Of Excellence Laboratories, ND		Dorgan
$469,000		Fruit fly facility, HI		Akaka, Inouye, Hirono
$800,000		Oyster rehabilitation, AL		Shelby
$238,000		Ed Roberts Campus, Berkeley, CA		Boxer
$475,000		55th Street Extension, Rochester, MN		Donnelly, Lugar

Source: Conference Report of HR 1105