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I was waiting for someone to go there. A little late, but the train has arrived.

iht.com

COLUMBIA, S.C.: The highest-ranking black congressman said Thursday that opposition to the federal stimulus package by southern GOP governors is “a slap in the face of African-Americans.”

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., said he was insulted when the governors of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and his home state, which have large black populations, said they might not accept some of the money from the $787 billion stimulus package.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday he would accept the money, and none of the others has rejected it outright. The Republican governors of Idaho and Alaska also said they had reservations about whether the money would come with too many strings attached, but Clyburn said he was particularly taken aback by southern governors who said they might decline it. (more…)

Big government wasteful spending on things like digital television conversion boxes, emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish, etc has now become the pseudonym for “African-American”?

The stimulus bill is a slap in the face to AMERICANS…period!

The question that should be asked here is “Which African-Americans is he talking about?”

Rep. Clyburn draws fire for earmarks
Associated Press
Monday, June 16, 2008

MYRTLE BEACH — South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn has earmarked millions of taxpayer dollars this decade for projects that could directly benefit his friends and family members, a newspaper reported Sunday.

The Sun News of Myrtle Beach found that Clyburn has set aside at least $6.2 million for such projects.

That includes money for two projects his nephew was to help design, a community center that runs a program employing his sister-in-law and a Columbia wellness center that employs his daughter.

Clyburn is the House majority whip. He was the sole sponsor for 32 earmarks totaling $38.8 million in the current budget.

In contrast, all of South Carolina’s other lawmakers combined to sole-sponsor $45.5 million in earmarks in the same budget. (Yep. There’s more…)