Comments on: ‘There Is No Merit in the System’ http://blog.heritage.org/2008/09/16/there-is-no-merit-in-the-system/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:29:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Brad Karow, Red Wing http://blog.heritage.org/2008/09/16/there-is-no-merit-in-the-system/#comment-6746 Brad Karow, Red Wing Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:55:30 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/09/16/there-is-no-merit-in-the-system/#comment-6746 This comment is not about earmarks, it is about OIL. Will all of you in Washington stop worrying about drilling in ANWAR or offshore, and pay some attention to the new BAKKEN field in North Dakota where there is all the oil we need. One company alone, EOG, has drilled 64 wells there THIS YEAR with just ONE DRY HOLE!!! No polar bears, no frozen tundra, no caribou, no 2000 mile pipelines, too simple!!! This comment is not about earmarks, it is about OIL. Will all of you in Washington stop worrying about drilling in ANWAR or offshore, and pay some attention to the new BAKKEN field in North Dakota where there is all the oil we need. One company alone, EOG, has drilled 64 wells there THIS YEAR with just ONE DRY HOLE!!!

No polar bears, no frozen tundra, no caribou, no 2000 mile pipelines, too simple!!!

]]> By: Margaret, Shakopee w http://blog.heritage.org/2008/09/16/there-is-no-merit-in-the-system/#comment-6606 Margaret, Shakopee w Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:51:27 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/09/16/there-is-no-merit-in-the-system/#comment-6606 As Americans we all work hard so our childern can go to collage. It may take working 2 job's to afford it, but we get it done. Now can you Please, tell me why Foreigner's who live and work here get to go back to there countrie's for 6 month's, come back and our Goverment pay's for there children to go to collage. What is fair here. I think as long as you live and work here you should pay for your children's schooling. Not the Goverment. As Americans we all work hard so our childern can go to collage. It may take working 2 job's to afford it, but we get it done.

Now can you Please, tell me why Foreigner's who live and work here get to go back to there countrie's for 6 month's, come back and our Goverment pay's for there children to go to collage. What is fair here. I think as long as you live and work here you should pay for your children's schooling. Not the Goverment.

]]> By: Terry, Minnesota http://blog.heritage.org/2008/09/16/there-is-no-merit-in-the-system/#comment-5625 Terry, Minnesota Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:27:44 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/09/16/there-is-no-merit-in-the-system/#comment-5625 Too bad for the ignorgance of some people. John Kline, in securing money for a much needed road project, is exactly the type of work we send people to Washington for. I would be willing to be that Charles and Bridget above, are two of the many left wingers who joined the hollow chorus for more Transportation funding after the I35 bridge collapse. The fact is, earmarks rob funds from transportation every year. Funding for transportation wasn't and isn't the problem. Earmarks and frivolous spending are! Now when Rep. Kline does something for his district that can be described as a "Transportation Project", Charles and Bridget, listed above, do as all liberlals do, and complain about it, all for the sole purpose of "Politics". Keep up the good work Rep. Kline. By the way, he will win reelection handily this November! Too bad for the ignorgance of some people. John Kline, in securing money for a much needed road project, is exactly the type of work we send people to Washington for. I would be willing to be that Charles and Bridget above, are two of the many left wingers who joined the hollow chorus for more Transportation funding after the I35 bridge collapse. The fact is, earmarks rob funds from transportation every year. Funding for transportation wasn't and isn't the problem. Earmarks and frivolous spending are! Now when Rep. Kline does something for his district that can be described as a "Transportation Project", Charles and Bridget, listed above, do as all liberlals do, and complain about it, all for the sole purpose of "Politics". Keep up the good work Rep. Kline. By the way, he will win reelection handily this November!

]]> By: Charbles, Minnesota http://blog.heritage.org/2008/09/16/there-is-no-merit-in-the-system/#comment-5459 Charbles, Minnesota Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:11:05 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/09/16/there-is-no-merit-in-the-system/#comment-5459 Kline is a fraud and needs to be retired. His song against earmarks rings hollow and his partisan gamesmanship has left him adrift in the sea of a Democratic congress. Kline is a fraud and needs to be retired. His song against earmarks rings hollow and his partisan gamesmanship has left him adrift in the sea of a Democratic congress.

]]> By: Bridget, Minnesota http://blog.heritage.org/2008/09/16/there-is-no-merit-in-the-system/#comment-5428 Bridget, Minnesota Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:58:25 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/09/16/there-is-no-merit-in-the-system/#comment-5428 No merit? That's funny coming from Mr. Kline. Just a couple of weeks ago, he attended the grand opening of a road in his district that was paid for in part by more than $2 million in earmarks he secured. When asked by the local paper why it wasn't hypocritical for him to be at that event taking credit for the road now that he deems the process of securing funding for it "corrupt," he said no, because "This is the kind of earmark that a member of Congress should be proud of." <a href="http://(http://www.startribune.com/local/south/27800364.html?page=1&c=y)" rel="nofollow">(http://www.startribune.com/local/south/27800364.html?page=1&c=y)</a> No merit? That's funny coming from Mr. Kline. Just a couple of weeks ago, he attended the grand opening of a road in his district that was paid for in part by more than $2 million in earmarks he secured. When asked by the local paper why it wasn't hypocritical for him to be at that event taking credit for the road now that he deems the process of securing funding for it "corrupt," he said no, because "This is the kind of earmark that a member of Congress should be proud of." (http://www.startribune.com/local/south/27800364.html?page=1&c=y)

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