Thursday, February 09, 2006

Earmarked Men - New York Times

Ron says..
Here are a Republican and Democrat working together to stop a huge government spending problem.
Earmarked Men - New York Times: "Earmarked Men


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By JEFF FLAKE
Published: February 9, 2006


BACK on the F-Bar Ranch, when I was too young to load the chute, de-horn, vaccinate, hold a hot iron or otherwise make myself useful as my father and older brothers branded calves, I would spend my time collecting 'earmarks' — V-shaped pieces of a calf's left ear detached with two swift strokes of a pocketknife. I would stack these earmarks on the fence surrounding the corral as an unofficial tally of our progress."

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