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lastlib

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9. Hal Rogers--should've known.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat May 19, 2012, 11:43 AM

May 2012

The guy is a major-league asshole.

Two years ago, I drove thru Kentucky. Got confused by the piss-poor highway signage, and wound up on "the Hal Rogers Parkway". There are only two good roads in the state--I-64, and the gold-plated Hal Rogers Parkway. (every other highway I was on was absolute shit.) The Hal Rogers Parkway is literally the Highway to Hell. No exits, and no signs telling you where you are. I think the man could teach Saddam Hussein things about self-aggrandizement.

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Remember those $600 toilet seats? [View all] unhappycamper May 2012 OP

How about we just bend some sheet metal into a pan shape Drale May 2012 #1

Why do that when there's obscene profits to be had? Initech May 2012 #20

never mind that Enrique May 2012 #2

Diamond encrusted bullet-proofed platinum, perhaps? Or maybe they're made of KRYPTONITE??? MADem May 2012 #3

Yup. unhappycamper May 2012 #4

When republiCONS/teaBaggers.. butterfly77 May 2012 #5

Good luck with that listening project. lonestarnot May 2012 #12

Are you honestly falling for that? MadHound May 2012 #6

That's odd. When I was doing budgets, that piece wasn't "justified." MADem May 2012 #10

The competitor can make the drip pans for $2,500. yellerpup May 2012 #7

I hope the drone drip pans will be a couple thousand dollars less. n/t 2on2u May 2012 #8

Hal Rogers--should've known. lastlib May 2012 #9

Well, we wouldn't want our money wasted on anything useful like hospitals or food. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #11

It is funny that the Republicans see waste, fraud and a bloated bureaucracy Grantuspeace May 2012 #13

In any other country this would be called CORRUPTION. Odin2005 May 2012 #14

But here it's known as Patriotism! progressoid May 2012 #15

I remember President Reagan joking "In fairness that was a $600 cover for the entire toilet system." slackmaster May 2012 #16

And this is how you buy a $100B military for $1T. Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #17

If you ask why they cost so damn much, you're helping the terrorists... cynatnite May 2012 #18

Seasoned Pork Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #19

These government out of control spending stories are out of control. Zax2me May 2012 #21

The Military/Industrial/Congressional Complex Über Alles nt MrScorpio May 2012 #22

Hell, I could make them for $16,500 Canuckistanian May 2012 #23

This is a "you gotta be shitting me" moment jmowreader May 2012 #24

K & R Scurrilous May 2012 #25